Zaha Hadid Ltd (Appellant) v The Zaha Hadid Foundation (Respondent)
Wednesday 28 – Thursday 29 January 2026
By Appellant’s Notice filed on 8 April 2025 and issued on 14 April 2025 the Appellant Zaha Hadid Limited, appeals the decision of the High Court dated 20 December 2024.
In 2013, the architect Dame Zaha Hadid (now the Zaha Hadid Foundation), “the foundation”, and Zaha Hadid Limited, “the company”, agreed a trademark licence allowing the company to use the “Zaha Hadid” marks in exchange for a royalty payment.
After Dame Zaha’s death, the company wanted to terminate the licence agreement; however, subject to unilateral termination rights in favour of the foundation, the agreement was indefinite in duration.
The company argued that the licence agreement should be read to include bilateral termination rights on reasonable notice. The company said that these rights existed in addition to the foundation’s express termination rights set out in the agreement.
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