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Littler LLP | Canada | 1 May 2023
British Columbia: Employer that Engaged in “Hardball Tactics” to Manufacture Just Cause for Termination Must Pay over $200K in Damages
A long-term employee was awarded wrongful dismissal, aggravated, and punitive damages where the employer was found to have intentionally manufactured…
KaiRong Law Firm | China | 12 Apr 2023
Passenger finds insects in on-flight snacks: is the airline liable?
An interpretation on public transport carriers' potential liabilities with respect to food safety was implemented in January 2021. This article discusses the first judgment that confirms an air carrier's liabilities under the interpretation. The case arose after a passenger found insects in a plate of fruit that had been provided to him for free during a business class flight. Air carriers......
Lee Tsai & Partners | China | 29 Jun 2022
最高人民法院發佈2021年中國法院10大智慧財產權案件和50件典型智慧財產權案例－重點介紹涉“惠氏”商標懲罰性賠償案
2022年4月21日，最高人民法院發佈2021年中國法院10大智慧財產權案件和50件典型智慧財產權案例。其中依據民事、行政和刑事三個方面對50件典型案例進行了分類，而十大智慧財產權案件則各具特色。…
Lee Tsai & Partners | China | 29 Jun 2022
Top 10 IPR Cases and 50 Typical IPR Cases in Chinese Courts in 2021 Released by the Supreme People’s Court - Focused Introduction of the Punitive Damages Case Involving the “Wyeth” Trademark
On April 21, 2022, the Supreme People’s Court released the top 10 intellectual property rights (IPR) cases and 50 typical IPR cases in Chinese courts…
Berggren Oy | Finland, United Kingdom, USA | 20 Jun 2022
Depp v Heard: Thoughts on defamation law in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Nordics
The weeks-long civil trial between Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and actress Amber Heard recently concluded, resulting in an American jury reaching a…
WeirFoulds LLP | Canada | 2 Feb 2022
Ontario court awards C$107 million against Iran for Ukraine International Airlines crash
The Superior Court of Justice of Ontario has awarded C$107 million to family members of six passengers who died on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS 752 after the aircraft was shot down by Iranian armed forces in January 2020. This decision represents the first time that a Canadian court has awarded damages for loss of life caused by terrorism.
CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office | China | 4 Jan 2022
The New Patent Law brings great changes to improve the business environment in China
Highlights of the amendments China's Patent Law has just undergone the fourth revision in 2020 to improve the patent protection system and improve…
Beijing Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency Ltd | China | 13 Dec 2021
Application of punitive damages in trademark infringement cases
The first Paragraph of Article 63 of China’s Trademark Law specifies that, “where the exclusive right to use a trademark is maliciously infringed and…
AKD | Netherlands | 7 Dec 2021
Dutch court says nay to giving effect to US ruling on punitive damages
Dutch courts can give effect to rulings issued by foreign courts, even in the absence of an international instrument facilitating such recognition, provided that certain key criteria are met. However, an appeal court recently ruled that a foreign ruling that orders someone to pay punitive damages cannot be recognised and enforced in the Netherlands. Punitive damages are considered to run......
Lexology PRO | Australia, European Union, United Kingdom, etc. | 29 Jul 2021
Google faces £920 million UK class action over app store rules
Plaintiff law firm Hausfeld is spearheading a proposed class action against Google that seeks almost £1 billion on behalf of 19.5 million UK consumers that allegedly overpaid for in-app content as a result of the company’s application store restrictions.
