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Marie Claire Trademark – Trademark Disputes
Marie Claire magazine group may not register “Marie Claire” as a trade mark in Ireland as per the decision of the High Court delivered 1st April 2014 Mr. Justice Barrett of the Commercial Court delivered his judgement in respect of an appeal by the Marie...
Partnership Disputes – When differences of opinion become legal
It is very rare to see a decision surrounding the facts of a dissolution of a professional services partnership. Most cases settle. Substantive insight in relation to the application of the legal principles surrounding the dissolution of partnerships is given in the recent decision of the UK Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal from the decision of the High Court in respect of issues surrounding the termination of a solicitor’s partnership. The case of Bishops V Goldstein [2014] EWCA Civ 10 gives a very clear signal from the court in relation to its view of conduct of partners designed to squeeze out partners from professional partnerships.
Stepping over the mark- the bmw case, another reminder to watch your get-up!
The written judgement of Mr. Justice Ryan in the Bayerische Moteren Werke Aktiengesellshaft V. Ronayne (trading as BMWcare) delivered on 19th December 2013, [2013] IECH 612 became available recently. The case is yet another reminder to those setting up in business to choose trade names, domain names and their general get-up carefully in order to ensure that they are not infringing any third party registered trademark rights or unregistered rights.
Share purchase agreements – the new and the old revisited
In El Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings BV and another [2013] EWCA Civ 1539, the Court of Appeal in the UK held that clauses in a share purchase agreement providing that, if the seller breaches restrictive covenants, the buyer's obligation to pay deferred...
Adoption by the European Parliament of the new public procurement directives and concession contracts directives
On 15th January 2014, the European Parliament has adopted the two new public procurement directives to replace the Utilities Directive and the Public Sector Directive together with a separate proposed directive on the award of concession contracts. It is expected that...
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