Mette Parlev
Danish Copyright Act – You may (still) lawfully use copyrighted works for parody purposes
By Mette Parlev | Posted on June 10, 2024
An amendment to the Danish Copyright Act will enter into force on July 1, 2024. The amendment codifies a long-used principle in Danish law that the use of copyrighted works in parodies and caricatures does not constitute an infringement of the work. This principle faltered when the Eastern High Court suddenly changed it in a...
EORI number mandatory to file actions against counterfeit goods in the EU
By Mette Parlev | Posted on November 25, 2020
Danish customs oversee thousands of counterfeit goods each year and over the past five years, the number of cases of counterfeit goods has quadrupled. This has also caused the number of intervention cases to increase. Rights holders have a very short time to react and file an intervention action when Danish customs find potential cases...
Tags: counterfeits, Customs, EORI, EU
Brands must take extra caution against counterfeits during Covid-19 pandemic
By Mette Parlev | Posted on June 5, 2020
Enhanced online brand protection and anti-counterfeiting measures are needed due to the current pandemic: as demand from e-commerce consumers increases, so does the market for counterfeits. Background A recent report from EUROPOL, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, provides an overview of how criminals are adapting to profit from the covid-19 pandemic. Findings include that...
Tags: anti-counterfeiting, Coronavirus, COVID-19, enforcement, EU, Europe, trademarks
Danish court rules on first case since 1925 which establishes indirect patent infringement
By Mette Parlev | Posted on March 29, 2019
The rule on indirect infringement has been part of The Patents Act in Denmark for over 40 years. During that time, the rule has rarely been cited and up till now the most recent instance from the Maritime and Commercial Court was a case between Etradan BS A/S and Abena A/S (Case No. T-8-10) from...
Co-inventorship to a patent had not been proved
By Mette Parlev | Posted on November 7, 2018
On 10 October 2018 the Eastern High Court in Denmark gave judgement in a case between Coloplast and Hollister, regarding claimed co-inventor ship in a patent application. In the case Coloplast claimed to be mentioned as co-inventor on and co-owner of a patent application filed by Hollister. The reason Coloplast claimed to be co-inventor was that...
Tags: Coloplast, Denmark, Hollister, patents
Adoption of the copyright directive in the digital single market – Should we be scared or delighted?
By Mette Parlev | Posted on September 25, 2018
On 12 September 2018, the European Parliament voted on the much debated copyright directive – and this time around it was adopted. With the massive amount of criticism, one question comes to mind; what is the fuss all about? According to the European Parliament’s own press release following the adoption of the directive, the most...
Tags: copyright, EU, Internet, platforms, Reform, right holders
Denmark makes the IPR taskforce set down by the Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime permanent
By Mette Parlev | Posted on September 24, 2018
Since November 2017, all filings for criminal investigation regarding IPR crime in Denmark have on a trial basis been referred to a special IPR taskforce at the office of the Public Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime, also known as SØIK. This trial arrangement has now been made permanent. This means that criminal cases regarding counterfeit...
Christiania Bikes – Not a generic term for cargo bikes
By Mette Parlev | Posted on September 13, 2018
New decision from the Maritime and Commercial High Court in Denmark The Copenhagen area of Christiania is well-known worldwide as a free town initiated by squatters, who back in 1971 occupied the area. This place was the cradle for the cargo bikes called “Christiania Bikes”. The first cargo bike was produced in 1984, and soon...
Tags: bikes, cargo bikes, Christiania bikes, Christiania Cykler, Denmark, Trademark
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