The brochure "Recent Case Law in Trade Mark, Design, Competition and Copyright Law 2023" has been published by Eisenführ Speiser. For the first time, attorneys from Eisenführ Speiser's "Trade Mark Practice Group" also report on court decisions in the areas of design, competition and copyright law. It also includes a practical contribution on "trade mark necessity" in the EU and the USA.

The following decisions are discussed:

• Coty/Aldi Süd (Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, judgment of 29 June 2023, 20 U 278/20)
• Inditex/Boungiorno (European Court of Justice, judgment of 11 January 2024, C-361/22)
• Audi AG/GQ (European Court of Justice, judgment of 25 January 2024, C-334/22)
• Lännen MCE Oy/Berky GmbH u.a. (European Court of Justice, judgment of 27 April 2023, C-104/22)
• Fahrradsattel II (European Court of Justice, judgment of 16 February 2023, C-472/21, and subsequent Federal Court of Justice, order of 16 June 2023, I ZB 31/20)
• EUIPO/The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann (European Court of Justice, judgment of 27 February 2024, C-382/21)
• Glück (Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 7 December 2023, I ZR 126/22)
• Health sandals (Cologne Higher Regional Court, judgment of 26 January 2024, 6 U 89/23)

Please download the brochure here.