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High Court says there was no unlawful threat of trade mark infringement as it needed to be viewed in the context of wider negotiations – Best Buy v Worldwide Sales Corp, High Court

14 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Best Buy was a large American retail chain and was opening stores in the UK. Best Buy had applied to register a European Community Trade Mark. The application was opposed by the owner of an existing trade...

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Reservation of rights can constitute an unjustified threat of unregistered design right infringement rules High Court – Grimme Landmashinenfabrik v Scott (t/a Scotts Potato Machinery), High Court…

2 December 2009 | Samantha Lloyd

The High Court has ruled that a reservation of rights to commence proceedings can constitute an unjustified threat of infringement even where the letter expressly stated that there was no intention of...

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