Pre-fair protective brief and stand protection
The client was in a design dispute with a competitor. Ahead of its participation in a German trade fair, a rights analysis of the products to be exhibited was carried out, a protective brief was filed with the court, and the stand team was prepared against the possible enforcement of an injunction. The fair was completed without interruption.
Heading off in advance an injunction that could arrive on the day of the fair
The competitor had previously asserted its rights in a similar product group by way of a warning notice; had it obtained an ex parte injunction at the fair, the stand could effectively have been shut down.
The aim was to weed out the risky products in advance and to ensure that the court would not rule on any potential injunction request without first hearing the client's defence.
Our Approach
Keeping the commercial objective at the centre, we broke the legal risks into measurable steps.
01 · Rights Analysis
The products to be exhibited were screened against the competitor's registrations; risky items were removed from the catalogue.
02 · Protective Brief
The defence arguments were submitted to the court before the fair by way of a protective brief.
03 · Stand Protocol
A team directive and an emergency-contact arrangement were set up for the moment of a raid/service.
Chronology
The main stages of the process.
Fair participation completed without an injunction
The fair was completed without any interruption to the stand; the rights-analysis and protective-brief arrangement was turned into a repeatable protocol for subsequent fairs.
- Uninterrupted fair participation
- Weeding out of the risky products in advance
- A protective-brief protocol
- A stand-day response directive
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