Trademark lawsuits filed by Germany’s Merck KGaA in British and German courts against Merck & Co. could decide the issue of whether parallel cases can be heard at the same time in different European Union jurisdictions (Merck KGaA v. Merck & Co. Inc., E.C.J., C-231/16, advocate general opinion 5/3/17).
The question is pending at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). An advocate general for the court recommended May 3 that both cases should proceed in the long-running trademark dispute between the pharmaceutical giants. AG opinions are strictly advisory, but have influence on final CJEU rulings, ...
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