News & Insights (Fashion and Luxury Goods)

01-Feb-2012  |  Consumer Brands, Copyright & Media Law, Trade Marks & Designs

Brands Update - February 2012

This issue of Brands Update contains recent important cases from the UK and Community tribunals on registrability of trade marks ...

10-Nov-2011  |  Competition, EU and Trade, Consumer Brands

Restricting online sales and selective distribution

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has stated that where a selective distribution agreement contains a clause which ...

29-Jul-2011  |  Consumer Brands, Copyright & Media Law, Trade Marks & Designs

Brands Update - July 2011

The Summer issue of Brands Update contains recent important cases from the UK and Community tribunals on registrability of trade ...

05-Jul-2011  |  Consumer Brands, IT & Telecoms, Technology, Media & Telecoms, Trade Marks & Designs

Radar: Technology & Communications Update July 2011

This month has seen a major change to availability of domain name suffixes and some interesting developments in Europe. You ...

06-Apr-2011  |  Consumer Brands, Trade Marks & Designs

Brands Update - April 2011

Welcome to the April edition of Brands Update. In this issue we look at: Hot off the press: Advocate General says it ...

25-Nov-2010  |  Competition, EU and Trade, Consumer Brands, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Outright bans of internet sales, selective distribution, and competition law

Internet sales still constitute one of the biggest commercial challenges to owners of luxury and specialist brands, and the key ...

28-Sep-2010  |  Consumer Brands, Copyright & Media Law, Patents, Trade Marks & Designs

"Dangerous" Intellectual Property Myths

Most people these days have heard of intellectual property (or at least copyright).  Whilst the general public's awareness ...

11-Jun-2010  |  Consumer Brands, Trade Marks & Designs

European Court rules on unauthorised re-sale of "tester" perfume bottles

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the supply to a third party of branded "tester" goods ...

07-Apr-2010  |  Consumer Brands, Technology, Media & Telecoms, Trade Marks & Designs

The significance of Europe's ruling on Google ads and trademarks

The European Court of Justice’s recent ruling in Google v Louis Vuitton Malletier SA has been hailed a major legal victory for ...

01-Mar-2010  |  Consumer Brands, Corporate

Firms need new ways to raise cash

It has not been good news of late for UK IPOs. First the US travel group Travelport pulled its £1.2bn London flotation after ...

08-Feb-2010  |  Consumer Brands, Corporate

The London Stock Exchange's new retail bond market – reshaping corporate finance?

On Monday 1 February, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) launched its long-awaited Electronic Order Book for Retail Bonds (ORB). In ...

07-May-2009  |  Consumer Brands, Trade Marks & Designs

Copad SA v Christian Dior couture SA and Société industrielle lingerie (SIL)

Case C-59/08, 23 April 2009Following a reference from the French Cour de Cassation, the European Court of Justice ...

07-May-2009  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms, Trade Marks & Designs

Brands Update - April 2009

23-Feb-2009  |  Consumer Brands, Trade Marks & Designs

Advocate General "winks at" Unfair Advantage L'Oreal SA et. al. v. Bellure NV et. al.

In response to a reference from the English Court of Appeal, the Advocate General (AG) has given his Opinion on the type of ...

17-Dec-2008  |  Consumer Brands, Copyright & Media Law, Trade Marks & Designs

Is the ECJ "diluting" brand owners' rights?

In response to a reference from the English Court of Appeal, led by Jacob L.J., the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given its ...

17-Oct-2007  |  Consumer Brands, Trade Marks & Designs

Brands newsflash - Two important decisions from the English Court of Appeal

Brands Appeal cases L'Oréal v Bellure and Proctor & Gamble v Reckitt Benckiser In two significant recent ...