The Supreme Court of Denmark

The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court has previously delivered a judg-ment in this case on 15th April 2010.

The Court is set with five judges: Lene Kristensen Covenants, Marianne Højgaard Pedersen, Jens Peter Christensen, Michael Rekling and Jan Schans Christensen.

JUDGMENT

Introduction and claims
New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. (hereinafter New Balance) claims that Best-seller A/S (hereinafter: Bestseller) has violated their rights to the shoe models GROUNDER HI and NUMBER 5 by marketing its shoe models named JJ Slick and JJ Stan.

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