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Danish law can be applicable to infringing sales from UK websites

By AWA | Posted on July 8, 2014

The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court has recently rendered a decision in a case regarding sale of infringing furniture designs from two British websites. The decision is interesting for practitioners as it explains which exact elements are added substantial weight, when defining which law is applicable to an online infringement. When deciding whether sale of...

Tags: Denmark, design protection, UK

Changes in the Patent Prosecution Highway agreement between DKPTO and CIPO

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on September 26, 2013

Effective 30 July 2013, the part of the PPH-agreement between The Danish Patent- and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) applicaple for applicants using the DKPTO as the Office of First Filing, i.e. typically Danish applicants, has been changed by the CIPO to have the same requirements as a PPH MOTTAINAI...

Tags: CIPO, Denmark, DKPTO, patent prosecution highway, PPH

New Patent Prosecution Highway Agreement between the DKPTO and Russias ROSPATENT enters into force

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on February 20, 2012

As mentioned in my previous blog entry dated 23 January 2012, the DKPTO announced that due to user demand efforts to establish a PPH-agreement with the Russian Patent Office had been initiated. Now, the efforts have matured into a PPH-agreement between DKPTO and ROSPATENT, which entered into force on 1 February 2012. Prosecution via the...

Tags: Denmark, patent prosecution highway, PPH, Russia

A Favourite in Trademark Law: Repackaging – now gassy

By AWA | Posted on April 14, 2011

Danish courts are traditionally reluctant to ask preliminary questions on the interpretation of EU-legislation. Recently, the Supreme Court has done so, and quite comprehensively. During the 1990’s there were countless cases all over Europe regarding repackaging of products, especially medicines and printer toner cartridges, after parallel imports from one state to another. This case is a new...

Tags: Denmark, EU, Europe, Gas, Legislation, Packaging

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