Wardynski & Partners
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- Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Louboutin wins case to defend red-soled shoes as a trademark
- Wednesday, August 1, 2018 | Catch for newly appointed management board members?
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Partners
Pawel CiecwierzSenior Partner
Jan CiecwierzPartner
Anna DabrowskaPartner
Konrad GrotowskiPartner
Monika HartungPartner
Stefan JacynoManaging Partner
Szymon Kubiak, Ph. D.Partner
Mirella LechnaPartner
Krzysztof LibiszewskiPartner
Agnieszka LisieckaPartner
Michal NowackiPartner
Danuta PajewskaPartner
Anna PompePartner
Lukasz SzegdaPartner
Wlodzimierz SzoszukSenior Partner
Janusz TomczakPartner
Tomasz WardynskiPresident
Dariusz WasylkowskiSenior Partner
Krzysztof WiktorPartner
Tomasz ZasackiSenior Counsel
Associates
Karol CzepukojcAssociate
Marcin PietkiewiczAssociate
Adam StudzinskiAssociate
Joanna SzafranskaAssociate
Norbert WalasekSenior Associate
Kinga ZiemnickaAssociate
Of Counsel
Ewa Butkiewicz, Ph. D.Senior Counsel
Other
Radoslaw WasiakSenior Attorney
Aleksandra WlodarczykMarketing Coordinator
Justyna ZandbergContent Marketing Specialist, Managing Editor
Jakub MacekAdvisor
Louboutin wins case to defend red-soled shoes as a trademark
Wardynski & Partners, August 2018
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled that Christian Louboutin’s famous red sole does not consist solely of ashape that significantly increases the value of aproduct, and therefore can be registered as atrademark. This is an important victory for the fashion designer in the long-running battle concerning red-soled shoes. European Court of Justice judgment of 12 June 2018 in case C-163/16 Shape cannot be protected as atrademark Registration of atrademark gives the owner the exclusive right, potentially unlimited in time, to use the mark on the market with regard to specific goods or services. On the other hand, certain marks have to remain in the public domain...
Catch for newly appointed management board members?
Wardynski & Partners, August 2018
A gap in legal provisions might mean criminal liability for management board members for not filing financial statements on time. Amendments enacted in mid-March 2018 to the National Court Register Act have already caused some confusion and alot of trouble for companies whose management boards solely comprise foreigners...
Transaction: ForFarmers and Tasomix
Wardynski & Partners, August 2018
Wardyński & Partners has advised ForFarmers in the acquisition of a majority stake in Tasomix companies and creation of a joint venture with the existing shareholders. On 2 July 2018, ForFarmers, a Dutch company listed on Euronext Amsterdam and one of the world's largest feed producers, acquired a majority stake in companies of Tasomix, a regional leader in the industry employing 250 people and producing over 390,000 tonnes of feed per year. In this manner ForFarmers carried out the provisions of an investment agreement concluded at the beginning of this year and launched close cooperation with the existing shareholders of Tasomix...
Transaction: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA and Inter-Team sp. z o.o.
Wardynski & Partners, August 2018
Wardyński & Partners has advised HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, in the process of divestment of its Danish and Polish wholesale companies. Transaction encompassed Danish FTZ Autodele & Verktoj A/S and Polish Inter-Team sp. z o.o. HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, one of the world's leading automotive suppliers for lighting and electronics, sold them to the Swedish wholesaler, Mekonomen AB. The purchase price was around EUR 395 million (+ profit equivalent). FTZ and Inter-Team employ a total of around 2,500 people. The two wholesalers achieved total sales of around EUR 480 million in the 2016/2017 financial year. Transaction is expected to close in the 3rd quarter of 2018...
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