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Wintersteiger 1: the facts

January 4th, 2011 · No Comments

I don’t mind the skiing, said Fritz,
but I don’t see why I have a do it
while dressed in a tea-cosy
The IPKat posted a note last week on Case C-523/10 Wintersteiger, which posed some interesting-looking questions concerning choice of jurisdiction in …

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks

L’Oréal v eBay: what the Advocate General says

December 9th, 2010 · No Comments

On 22 May 2009 Mr Justice Arnold told us that he was referring a number of questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary reference in one of the most exciting and potentially important trade mark law disputes to be heard in …

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks