The UK High Court rejects competition defence in a trademark infringement case (Sun Microsystems)

L'Ecluse, Peter

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25 Nov 2009

The UK High Court rejects competition defence in a trademark infringement case (Sun Microsystems)

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English High Court, Sun Microsystems, [2009] EWHC 2992 (Pat), 25 November 2009

On 25 November 2009, the UK High Court of Justice ruled, inter alia, that a competition law defence raised by M-Tech Data Limited (“M-Tech”) stood no real prospect of success in an application for summary judgment brought by Sun Microsystems (“Sun”), concerning the defendant’s infringement of Sun‘s trademark rights. Sun is a US manufacturer of computer hardware and computer software that owns a variety of registered

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Peter L’Ecluse
Van Bael & Bellis (Brussels)

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Peter L'Ecluse, The UK High Court rejects competition defence in a trademark infringement case (Sun Microsystems), 25 November 2009, e-Competitions November 2009, Art. N° 41681

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