The November 2016 issue of the European Trade Mark Reports (ETMR) has now been published.

To remind readers, the ETMR is a series of law reports published monthly by Sweet & Maxwell, is now available. The ETMR contains English-language reports, together with informative headnotes, of recent decisions from national and EU courts and intellectual property offices.  

This issue contains two reports: one is a fascinating case that has come before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-280/15 Irina Nikolajeva v Multi Project OU on the nature of "special reasons" for a national court not ordering an injunction to prevent use of an infringed EU trade mark and the scope of "reasonable compensation" in respect of use of an EU trade mark after publication of the application but before publication of its registration. The other, a Court of Appeal decision from England and Wales, deals with (among other things) the proportionality of the cost of implementing a blocking order in respect of website advertising and online sales of counterfeit products.

MARQUES members are again reminded that, if they have been involved in European trade mark litigation which is of significant interest, and if they can provide an English-language text of the full decision of the court, the ETMR will be delighted to consider it for publication.