NIPC Law

Vineyards in the Prosecco Region Author Civvì   Licence:  CC BY-SA 4.0   Source: Wikimedia Common s   Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon)  Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco v Prosecco International Ltd and others [2026] EWHC 912 (IPEC) (15 April 2026) The    Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco  ("the PDO Prosecco")    is the body appointed by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture to protect and promote the Protected Designation of Origin "Prosecco".  Prosecco International Ltd. ("Prosecco International")  is an English company which describes its business as "including distilling, rectifying and blending spirits, manufacturing wine from grape and other business support activities."  Mr Ralph Goldstein is a director of Prosecco International and Mr Michael Goldstein is a former director. The Application PDO Prosecc...

  Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lady Justice King and Lords Justices Arnold and Birss) Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another [2024] EWCA Civ 29 (26 Jan 2024) In  Trade Marks - Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe   I discussed Mr Justice Miles's judgment in  Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another [2023] EWHC 706 (Ch) (28 March 2023) in this publication on 31 March 2023.  In that action, Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL ("Iconix") sued Drean Pairs Europe Inc. and Top Glory Trading Group Inc. ("Dream Pairs") for trade mark infringement under s.10 (2) (b) and (3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994. Mr Justice Miles dismissed the claim for the reasons I set out in my case note.   The Appeal Iconix appealed on the ground that the judge had failed correctly to assess the likelihood of post-sale confusion and on related grounds concerning his assessment of the similarity between Iconix's r...

  Jane Lambert Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Intellectual Property List (Mrs Justice Joanna Smith) Lidl Great Britain Limited and another v Tesco Stores Ltd and another  [ 2023] EWHC 873 (Ch) (19 April 2023) This was an  action for trade mark and copyright infringement and passing off  brought by Lidl Great Britain Ltd and Lidl Stiftung & Co KG ("Lidl") against Tesco Stores Ltd and Tesco Plc ("Tesco").  There was also a counterclaim by Tesco for the invalidation and revocation of certain Lidl marks. The action and counterclaim came on for trial before Mrs Justice Joanna Smith on 7, 8, 9 and 14 Feb 2023. By para [316] of her judgment, which she handed down on 19 April 2023, her ladyship found for Lidl on its claim and for Tesco on part of its counterclaim  ( Lidl Great Britain Ltd and another v Tesco Stores Ltd and anothe r [2023] EWHC 873 (Ch) (19 April 2023). The Registrations Lidl is the registered proprietor of the following m...