World Trademark Review

Why selective distribution makes sense for luxury and premium businesses

While selective distribution can be an excellent option for luxury brand owners, allowing them to control how their products are sold within a certain territory, there are potential clashes with ...
Pinsent Masons

HOKA shoes ruling can help brand owners avoid running into trouble

A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in England and Wales can help brand owners understand how to impose contractual ...
JD Supra

UK's Specialist Competition Tribunal Issues Rare Guidance for Brands—Back to the Basics on Selective Distribution, Rpm and Online Sales Bans

Judgments providing actual guidance for consumer goods brands are like a good action film—rare, but totally worth the wait. The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (the CAT) recent decision in Up and ...
JD Supra

Cour de Cassation Validates the Refusal by the Head of a Selective Distribution Network to Approve as Authorized Dealer a Retailer Meeting the Selection Criteria

In decision n° 20-11.754 of Feb. 16, 2022, the commercial chamber of the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) decided that the head of a qualitative selective distribution network is entitled to ...
The National Law Review

UK's Specialist Competition Tribunal Issues Rare Guidance for Brands—Back to the Basics on Selective Distribution, Rpm and Online Sales Bans

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