20-year case finally coming to a successful conclusion
A case for invalidation of a trademark that has begun a full 20 years ago has finally come to it conclusion this year, following a final decision of the Supreme Administrative Court that finally ruled in favor of the Pavlov & Co. client and has declared the decision of the BPO to cancel its trademark registration for the trademark “IDEALEN DOM” (“Ideal Home”) invalid. After a lengthy court case that has been suspended several times and went up and down through the...
Read more...Epay vs Ipay – lengthy unfair competition dispute finally resolved by the court
After a long dispute, the Supreme Administrative Court has rendered the final decision in an unfair competition matter, brought up by Epay AD – the operator of the extremely famous electronic payment system ePay (represented by Pavlov & Co), hosted at the epay.bg domain (both ePay and ePay.bg being registered trademarks). The case was started back in 2012, after Intercard Finance LTD – a local affiliate of Ipay International S.A. – a Luxemburg based company launched serv...
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PAVLOV & CO BRINGS DEFENSE IN COMPETITION CASE TO A SUCCESSFUL ENDING
After a lengthy legal battle, a case for unfair competition through imitation of a product has come to an end, with the team of Pavlov & Co successfully defending a local business which was found not to have committed the claimed infringement.