What if a new version of theMouse replaced the old?Trade marks and recall of altered goods: can you help? One of our long-term readers has been researching into the trade mark owner’s capacity to prevent the resale of original goods that have been altered by a third party. The problem is not that no useful information exists -- but rather that all the cases and literature seem to relate to pharmaceuticals and their packaging or the 20-year old German Dyed Jeans case [Bundesgerichtshof, 1 ZR 201/93, reported in English at [1997] ETMR 530]. But what about, for example, watches that are later customized by modifications such as PVD coating or changing the watches’ hands and dials -- activities that can have the effect of changing their level of waterproofing or their time-keeping. If readers have any good leads, whether in terms of the law in Europe or indeed anywhere else, do let us know!Neither dirty nor vandalised ...Around the weblogs. The vandalism of Anish…
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