Littler LLP | Canada | 1 May 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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.