Outside Publication
IPEC Hands Down Cautionary Verdict After Unjustified Threats Made By Distributor Towards Legitimate Trader, World Trademark Review
July 12, 2021Nick Bolter and Annie Websper authored an article for World Trademark Review about the United Kingdom’s Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court (IPEC)’s judgment in a case which serves as a “cautionary tale” to claimants seeking to bring trademark infringement proceedings in the United Kingdom. The court made a rare finding that an allegation of infringement amounted to an actionable unjustified threat of trademark infringement proceedings under the Trademarks Act 1994.