{"id":2619,"date":"2023-02-13T09:23:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T09:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/news\/heitec-vs-heitech-kather-augenstein-succeeds-with-landmark-decision-in-trade-mark-law-before-the-federal-court-of-justice-bgh\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T12:31:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:31:38","slug":"heitec-vs-heitech-kather-augenstein-succeeds-with-landmark-decision-in-trade-mark-law-before-the-federal-court-of-justice-bgh","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/news\/heitec-vs-heitech-kather-augenstein-succeeds-with-landmark-decision-in-trade-mark-law-before-the-federal-court-of-justice-bgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Heitec vs. Heitech III &#8211; Kather Augenstein wins leading decision in trademark law before the BGH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section big-visual parallax\" data-parallax-min-screen-width=\"768\">\n\t\t<picture class=\"big-visual__image-container\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/BGH-414x221.jpg\" width=\"414\" height=\"221\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/BGH-767x310.jpg\" width=\"767\" height=\"310\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/BGH.jpg\" width=\"917\" height=\"310\" alt=\"\" class=\"big-visual__image parallax__load-image\" loading=\"edge\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t<div class=\"big-visual__content-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"big-visual__content parallax__item\" data-parallax-type=\"move\" data-parallax-orientation=\"up\" data-parallax-distance=\"70%\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"big-visual__title \">Latest <strong>News.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"big-visual__text\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section text-box text-box--variant-1 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"h1\">\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subline\">Heitec vs. Heitech<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Kather Augenstein succeeds with landmark decision in trade mark law before the Federal Court of Justice (BGH)<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"text--intro\">In the trademark infringement proceedings between <strong>HEITEC AG and HEITECH Promotion GmbH<\/strong>, the European Court of Justice has confirmed our legal views in its judgement of <a href=\"https:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/juris\/document\/document.jsf?text=&amp;docid=259605&amp;pageIndex=0&amp;doclang=DE&amp;mode=req&amp;dir=&amp;occ=first&amp;part=1\">19 May 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Federal Court of Justice has now also ruled in favor of our client, Heitech Promotion GmbH, in the specific case, so that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rechtsprechung-im-internet.de\/jportal\/portal\/t\/j95\/page\/bsjrsprod.psml?pid=Dokumentanzeige&amp;showdoccase=1&amp;js_peid=Trefferliste&amp;documentnumber=1&amp;numberofresults=10908&amp;fromdoctodoc=yes&amp;doc.id=jb-KORE300042023&amp;doc.part=L&amp;doc.price=0.0&amp;doc.hl=1#focuspoint\">the action brought by Heitec AG has been dismissed with final effect<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trade mark owners must therefore follow up on infringements <strong>within five years at the latest<\/strong>, otherwise their claims are forfeited, including secondary claims such as damages or recall. In particular, out-of-court measures do not extend this time limit if the trade mark owner does not go to court within a reasonable period of time. Detailed information on the facts of the case and the reasons for the decision can be read again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zip-online.de\/75972.htm\">here<\/a> and in our <a href=\"\/?p=9031\">blog post.<\/a><strong>Both decisions are expected to shape case law in the coming years on the issue of forfeiture in trade mark law,<\/strong> as decisions of the highest courts, in particular involving the ECJ, are extremely rare.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are pleased that the Federal Supreme Court has now also followed our view and that we were able to bring this legal case to a successful close after almost nine years,\u201d<\/em> said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/team\/dr-christof-augenstein\/\">Dr Christof Augenstein<\/a>. <em>\u201cIt shows that Kather Augenstein is also a first address for complex trade mark disputes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2619","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}