German Federal Supreme Court rules on allegedly faked Converse shoes and parallel imports

Unbelievable but true, genuine products can be trademark infringing – it’s all a question of exhaustion. In terms of trademark law an exhaustion of trademark rights implies that once a branded product has been placed or commercialized on the market by the trademark holder or with his consent, he cannot prohibit the further commercialization of that product. His rights in respect of a specific individual item or consignment are "exhausted" by the act of selling it.

Pressure on Apple in China

Impending cessation of sales of Apple’s iPad in China?

The Hongkong based monitor manufacturer Proview Technologie threatens Apple with an impending cessation of sales of Apple’s iPad in China. Background of the threatening gesture is that the court of Shenzhen, China, approved Proview’s earlier trademark rights on the term “iPad” in December last year.