Our Commercial Litigation Team has been involved in a number of high-profile disputes. Highlights include:
- successfully resolving a complex multi-faceted claim for our client, a manufacturer of fresh juices and leches, against a former producer of their products, where the issues included trademark and copyright infringement and the misuse of confidential information
- successfully opposing a trademark application and defending trademark invalidity proceedings on behalf of our client, a Swedish wine producer, in a dispute with its former UK distributor
- achieving a substantial settlement from the BBC for the unlicensed use of our client’s copyright protected film clips
- advising on an ongoing passing off claim for our client, including issuing proceedings in the IPEC to prohibit the unlawful use of our client’s trading name
- advising an esteemed further education provider in an ongoing copyright dispute with a Netherlands-based website regarding reputational damage and the diminution of our client’s competitive advantage
- amicably resolving a trademark dispute for our client, a theatre production business, by way of a settlement agreement with a former co-producer
- acting for a national estate agent resulting in a third party agreeing to cease entirely its infringement of UK and EU registered trade marks
- handling a dispute for a well-known south of England-based house builder involving a High Court claim against another house builder for breach of copyright in property designs
- defending an opposition to our client’s trade mark brought by Easygroup plc
- successfully resolving trade mark opposition and invalidity proceedings on behalf of our client in the hi-tech electronics sector
- defending an online retailer against allegations of EU design right infringement