Fabio Adinolfi in WTR Daily on an CJEU decision on the jurisdiction of EU trade­mark courts for counterclaims

In his article “CJEU: EU trademark courts keep jurisdiction for counterclaims even if main action has been withdrawn” on the online portal of the trade journal World Trademark Review, WTR Daily, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT attorney at law Fabio Adinolfi discusses a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in case C-256/21 of October 13, 2022, KP v. TV.

In it, the court clarifies that an EU trademark court still has jurisdiction to rule on the validity of a trademark in the context of a counterclaim even if the infringement action has been withdrawn.

The decision was issued in the context of a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Higher Regional Court of Munich and will avoid unnecessary proceedings with the risk of contradictory decisions in the future.

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