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Zaha Hadid Limited v The Zaha Hadid Foundation

[2026] EWCA Civ 192
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtEngland and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2026
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A licence agreement (here a trade mark licence) that contains no express termination right and is expressed to continue 'indefinitely' is, absent unmistakably clear language, properly construed as of indefinite rather than perpetual duration, so that it is terminable by the licensee on reasonable notice.

Area of Law

commercial

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