N.GRIGORIADIS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

N.GRIGORIADIS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

Decision no 2641/2020 of the Multi-Member First Instance Court of Athens re. a former distributor claiming damages in excess of € 11.000.000 from the supplier for termination of distributorship agreement

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Decision no 2641/2020 of the Multi-Member First Instance Court of Athens re. a former distributor claiming damages in excess of € 11.000.000 from the supplier for termination of distributorship agreement

The Court rejected former distributor’s lawsuit, ruling that the termination of the distributorship agreement by the supplier was made for cause and it was specifically founded on distributor’s infringement of supplier’s intellectual property rights. According to the Court, distributor was in bad faith, since, as a result of his cooperation with supplier, he had knowledge of supplier’s intellectual property rights.