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
- Successful defence of injunctive proceedings in the IPEC for our client, a global business in the car park industry and, following mediation, a commercial resolution of the trade mark and passing off proceedings subsequently issued.