11 August 2010 | Shimon Shaw
There has been a big public awareness campaign today warning businesses about the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which comes into effect next month. This is a scheme aimed at (you guessed it) reducing...
Tags on this discussion: carbon emissions carbon reduction commitment environment agency Environmental HMRC tax Taxation
10 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick
DSS was the leading supplier of spare parts for Honda motorbikes. Honda alleged that DSS was infringing its registered trade marks by importing and supplying Honda branded parts which had not been put...
Tags on this discussion: brand branding brands EEA EU European Economic Area European Union exhaustion of rights High Court illegal infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP parallel import trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks unlawful
16 July 2010 | Mark Weston
The European Commission is consulting over different possible proposals for a new EU-wide contract law. It has two concerns: one is to make consumers feel that they trust a business based in another EU...
Tags on this discussion: business-to-business business-to-consumer civil code contract contract law contracts cross-border Directive EU European Commission European Union incorporation incorporation of terms Recommendation remedies rights validity
13 July 2010 | Mark Weston
S made and distributed medicine and surgical products. S and P entered into a distribution agreement for P to be S’s distributor. P argued that the contract had wrongly stated the parties’ agreement...
Tags on this discussion: breach breach of contract burden of proof commercial agreement common mistake contract contract law contracts distribution agreement entire agreement clause High Court mistake rectification representation unilateral mistake
11 June 2010 | Mark Weston
Coty made and marketed perfumes under its trade marks such as Lancaster and Joop! It used a selective distribution system to sell those goods. Simex was not an authorised seller but it had provided goods...
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10 June 2010 | Tim Constable
MAB acted for the successful Defendant in this commercial agency case in which HHJ Simon Brown QC gave judgment last week. A transcript of the judgment can be found on BAILII and the case has been widely...
1 June 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Asda is taking on the dominant might of Umbro after the supermarket bought official England shirts from the European Union grey market for re-sale in the UK – at half of Umbro’s recommended retail...
Tags on this discussion: abuse of dominant position anti-competition anti-competitive anti-trust Article 102 Chapter II Prohibition competition law European Union Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP parallel import trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks
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