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Repackaged pharmaceutical products do not need to bear repackager’s name – Orifarm v Merck, European Court of Justice

29 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Orifarm were parallel importers of Merck’s pharmaceutical products, importing products that had been legitimately put onto the market of another European Union Member State. Merck objected to the fact...

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European Commission updates counterfeit goods regulation to help rights holders better enforce rights

6 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has published a proposed Regulation regarding the customs enforcement of intellectual property rights. If implemented, the Regulation would update the Counterfeit Goods Regulation...

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It’s game over for Nintendo as it loses to Commission in anti-competitive distribution arrangements case – Activision Blizzard v European Commission, European Court of Justice

5 March 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Court of Justice has upheld a General Court ruling in favour of a European Commission fine of €168m in 2002 for a breach by Nintendo and some of its European distributors of Article 81 of...

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Law not quite so sunny as parallel importing case overturned due to brand owner’s failure to publish information regarding origin – Oracle v M-Tech, Court of Appeal

1 September 2010 | Paul Gershlick

M-Tech bought for resale second-hand computer hardware of Sun Microsystems. Oracle (which has since taken over Sun’s business) objected on the basis that the goods had not been put on the market within...

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Parallel importer not brand owner has burden of proving that goods were on the market with brand owner’s consent – Honda v David Silver Spares, High Court

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...

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England football shirt trade war hits fever pitch as Asda sells shirts at half their RRP after sourcing from grey market

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...

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Sun comes from the East and West, so M-Tech loses parallel import case – Sun v M-Tech, High Court

7 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

M-Tech was a parallel importer of Sun Microsystems’ computer hardware products, meaning it bought products with Sun’s registered trade marks on in one country and re-sold them in the UK at a profit....

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Latest news and views tagged parallel import

Repackaged pharmaceutical products do not need to bear repackager’s name – Orifarm v Merck, European Court of Justice

European Commission updates counterfeit goods regulation to help rights holders better enforce rights

It’s game over for Nintendo as it loses to Commission in anti-competitive distribution arrangements case – Activision Blizzard v European Commission, European Court of Justice

Law not quite so sunny as parallel importing case overturned due to brand owner’s failure to publish information regarding origin – Oracle v M-Tech, Court of Appeal

Parallel importer not brand owner has burden of proving that goods were on the market with brand owner’s consent – Honda v David Silver Spares, High Court

England football shirt trade war hits fever pitch as Asda sells shirts at half their RRP after sourcing from grey market

Sun comes from the East and West, so M-Tech loses parallel import case – Sun v M-Tech, High Court

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