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Boost for brand owners as Denmark introduces Product and Market Surveillance Law
By AWA | Posted on August 21, 2020
On 4 June 2020 the Danish Parliament passed the Product and Market Surveillance Law, which concerns product safety and provides increased powers to the authorities to take action against online retailers such as Amazon, Wish and AliExpress in a move that can be seen as a boost for brand owners. Denmark’s latest legislation supplements Regulation 2019/1020 on...
Tags: brands, Denmark, market surveillance, online, products, Trademark
Did Dunhill score big in China litigation case?
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on February 1, 2019
In October 2018, UK luxury goods brand Dunhill announced that it had won a trademark battle against Chinese menswear brand Danhouli. The Foshan Intermediate People’s Court in Guangdong Province awarded Dunhill Rmb10 million (approximately $1.5 million) in an infringement case involving its well-known mark. The court also determined that Danhouli was guilty of unfair competition...
Tags: brands, china, Infringement, Litigation, Trademark, unfair competition
ZLATAN, ROONEY and EURO 2012 – Protected as Trademarks
By AWA | Posted on June 20, 2012
EURO 2012 is indeed on-going and now it is time for the exiting quarter-finals. Huge investments have been made for the tournament and companies are using various branding strategies to become connected to EURO 2012. However, in these times it is more important than ever to discuss with your marketing departments how you are going...
Tags: brands, Community trademark, Football, trademark registrations
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