Impossible Burger vs Incredible Burger
The Hague Court of Appeal ruled on April 12, 2022 that INCREDIBLE BURGER infringes the EU word mark IMPOSSIBLE BURGER.
IF is an American company founded in 2011 that manufactures plant-based …Read More
Dispute between former trading partners over a toilet cleaner
What was going on in this March 15, 2022 ruling by the Den Bosch Court of Appeal? Milieu Nationale is a wholesaler in the field of cleaning products and has …Read More
Vienna Sales Convention and the risks of goods
The Rotterdam District Court issued an interesting judgment on March 9, 2022. The case was about the following issue:
Medical agreed with E2C that E2C would provide the transportation of Covid …Read More
Benefits of selective distribution
Exclusive distributors are increasingly affected by webshops that offer lower prices in their exclusive area. Just think of the online sales platforms, such as Marktplaats, Ebay, Bol, Amazon, Alibaba and …Read More
Parallel trade
Official resellers of branded products are increasingly confronted with parallel trade. In parallel trade, the branded products are imported without permission of the manufacturer or brand owner of the original …Read More
New copyright contract law
In June 2021, important copyright contract rules regarding the relation between creators, authors, performers and their contractual counterparts, the operators (publishers and broadcasters) came into law. These contractual counterparts are …Read More
IP rights, EAN Codes and internet platforms
OmniChannel has been granted the exclusive right by CapBrands to import and distribute baby food blenders in the Netherlands under the names NutriBullet Baby and Baby Bullet and to promote …Read More
Trademarks and bankruptcy
The trustees in the bankruptcy of the D-Reizen travelgroup have agreed on a restart with Prijsvrij. Part of the restart includes the transfer of the IP rights of D-Reizen to …Read More
Succes in copyright infringement case against the Dutch Justice Department
Ten Hove Advocatuur has successfully argued that the Dutch State infringed the copyright and personality rights of the client. On 18 November 2020, the District Court of The Hague rendered …Read More
Termination of agency agreement and customer compensation
Upon termination of the agency agreement, the agent (provided that the termination is not attributable to himself) is entitled to compensation if he has brought new customers to the principal …Read More