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