EU Trademark Owners Relieved by CJEU Judgment in SkyKick Case
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has provided reassurance to European trademark owners in its judgment today in the SkyKick case. (Case C?371/18 Sky plc, Sky International AG, Sky UK Limited v SkyKick UK Limited, SkyKick Inc.) The case involves questions referred from the UK in a dispute over SkyKick’s alleged infringement of five of Sky’s EU and UK national trademarks. Sky is a well-known broadcaster and telecoms services provider, and SkyKick is a cloud services provider. Clarity and Precision, and Bad Faith As is common in Europe, Sky’s registrations covered a large number of goods and services, some of them quite broad, such as...
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