Adidas v H&M Hennes & Mauritz UK B.V. The Hague Court of Appeal Case No: C/09/512/HA SAT 16-714 – 28 January 2020 The level of protection a logo can expect to receive can be limited if it’s made up from relatively indistinctive simple geometric shapes (stripes, dots, squares etc.). Disputes regarding the Adidas stripes […]
Supreme People’s Court China – 09 April 2020 Michael Jordan’s history with Qiaodan Sports isn’t a pleasant one, with more than 80 lawsuits and counter lawsuits over the last eight years. This is no surprise to those who are familiar with Qiaodan Sports (Chinese rough transliteration of Jordan), who are known to register variations […]
Witch’s Cheese B.V. v Kuhlmann Netherlands Case No: C/05/364119/Kg SAT 19-528 – 12 March 2020 Heksenkaas BV worked with Kühlmann to develop an important ingredient for the original HEKS’NKAAS cheese dip. After this collaboration ended, Kühlmann developed a similar cheese dip, with similar packaging called Dip & Smeer’m. Both products have a cardboard strip […]
BMW AG v Om Balajee Automobile (India pvt. Ltd High Court of Delhi Case No: CS (COMM) 292/0217 – 23 March 2020 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile company, and is known for manufacturing and selling cars and motorcycles under the brand name BMW. BMW has been selling automobiles in the Indian market […]