[Guest Post] Exhaustion of Trade Mark Rights and the Burden of Proof: Coty/Easycosmetic

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriend Diego Guerrero Obando (attorney at bureau Brandeis), commenting on a Dutch ruling on the burden of proof in a parallel trade case. Here is what Diego writes: On 16 April 2025, the District Court of The Hague delivered a noteworthy judgment in a parallel trade dispute between Coty Beauty Germany GmbH (“Coty”) and