Organisation: Lidl

Less than half of Europe’s top online marketplaces police fakes, as brands face fragmented environment

Only five of the continent’s most popular online marketplaces offer brands protection against counterfeiting, a new report by RetailX has found.

20 October 2022

Lidl pulled by the ear: Federal Supreme Court confirms trademark protection for Lindt's golden bunny

In a victory for Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli, Switzerland’s highest court has ordered German discount retailer Lidl to stop selling its foil-wrapped chocolate bunny and to destroy its remaining stock.

13 October 2022

Asia-Pacific trends and top filers: 2021

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In WTR’s annual Asia-Pacific deep dive, we take a look at major trends in 2021 as well as the top corporate and law firm filers across five key jurisdictions.

15 September 2022

In the battle of the supermarkets, Tesco’s bad-faith allegations are deemed groundless, whilst Lidl’s survey evidence is deemed typically cost-effective

The case serves as a warning to future litigants considering running bad-faith invalidity arguments that rebutting the presumption of good-faith filing is a significant hurdle to get over.

15 August 2022

David versus Goliath: why size matters in trademark disputes

The size of the opposing party should be a key consideration before initiating trademark proceedings, argue Powell Gilbert’s Tom Oliver and Alex Borthwick, in this week’s opinion column.

04 June 2022

Champagne, lipstick, energy drinks: the five most-read Legal Updates of the year

An EU General Court decision concerning use of the colour orange in relation to champagne tops the list of 2021's most-read Legal Updates.

31 December 2021

The colour orange for Champagne – a salutary lesson in ticking the right box

Spending more time checking the boxes in the original trademark application would have saved the applicant 15 years of proceedings.

12 October 2021

Nigeria’s counterfeiting epidemic; UKIPO filing boom; brand valuation explained; and much more

Everything we covered on WTR over the past seven days – and all you need to know from the world of trademarks to set yourself up for the start of another busy week.

10 October 2021

Philip Warren & Sons v Lidl: beef between the parties fails to generate indemnity costs and publicity order

Earlier this year, the High Court dismissed a passing-off claim by high-end butcher Philip Warren & Son against supermarket Lidl. Despite criticism of Philip Warren’s approach to the dispute, the court declined to grant Lidl indemnity costs or a publicity order.

06 October 2021

Top 50 trademark applicants: Europe 2020

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The top 50 owners of the largest active European trademark portfolios together filed 15% fewer marks last year than they did the year before, dropping from 11,427 applications down to 9,902.

07 July 2021