Trade marks: parallel imports | Practical Law

Trade marks: parallel imports | Practical Law

The High Court has held that a parallel importer infringed a pharmaceutical company’s trade mark by rebranding and marketing in the UK a drug that had not been put on the market in the EEA by or with the consent of the trade mark owner.

Trade marks: parallel imports

Practical Law UK Articles 6-620-4088 (Approx. 3 pages)

Trade marks: parallel imports

by Bird & Bird LLP
Published on 26 Nov 2015United Kingdom
The High Court has held that a parallel importer infringed a pharmaceutical company’s trade mark by rebranding and marketing in the UK a drug that had not been put on the market in the EEA by or with the consent of the trade mark owner.