NIPC Law

Lord Leggatt By Supreme Court of United Kingdom -  (see Terms and conditions) Licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0, OGL 3,  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97243730   Jane Lambert Supreme Court (Lords Lloyd-Jones, Kitchin, Leggatt, Stephens and Richards)  Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Ahmed and Another [2024] UKSC 17 (15 May 2024) This was the second excursion to the UK Supreme Court for Lifestyle Equities CV and Lifestyle Licensing BV ("Lifestyle")  in 2024.  Its first was Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Amazon UK Services Ltd and others [2024] UKSC 8 (6 Mar 2024) which I discussed in  Trade Marks: Lifestyle Equities v Amazon   on 12 March 2024.  As in the previous case, the claim that gave rise to these appeals was an action for trade mark infringement in relation to the BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB range of clothing and accessories.   The Issues The issues in the appeals were summarized by Lord Leg...

Author Mcwesty   Licence Public Domai n Source Wikimedia Commons   Jane Lambert Supreme Court (Lords Hodge, Briggs, Hamblen, Burrows and Kitchin)  Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Amazon UK Services Ltd and others [2024] UKSC 8 (6 Mar 2024) The Beverly Hills Polo Club  is a popular range of clothing and luxury goods on both sides of the Atlantic.  The Dutch companies Lifestyle Equities  CV and Lifestyle Licensing BV ("Lifestyle"), hold the Beverly Hills Polo Club brands in the European Union and UK.  An unconnected business that holds corresponding rights in the USA supplies Beverly Hills Polo Club branded goods to the American market.  Amazon.com Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Amazon") are one of the American supplier's distributors in the USA.  They market those goods on their US website,  Lifestyle has complained that consumers in the UK have purchased goods intended for the American market from that website and imported them into t...