AC Milan one of Europe’s most decorated football clubs recently came up against an unfamiliar opponent in an unfamiliar field of play, being in the General Court of the European Union, following their attempts to register their club crest as a trademark.
CONTRACT - construction - exclusive licence granted to plaintiffs
to use defendant s registered trade marks on prescribed cheese
and butter products - whether defendant prohibited from using the
trade marks on any products - whether prohibition on
defendant s use of trade marks limited to products as defined
in agreements - prohibition on defendant s use of trade marks
limited to products as defined.
RECTIFICATION - unilateral and common mistake - claim for
rectification of agreements to insert the words on or in
relation to any product or otherwise whatsoever - whether at
the time of executing agreements plaintiffs misapprehended that the