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Grey times for lookalike products

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, France, United Kingdom
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  • September 5 2009

Shoppers and retailers are familiar with lookalike products in shops and with branded products being sold at reduced prices at discount retail outlets or market stalls

Emissions trading

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • May 8 2009

Emissions trading is a market-based scheme used to control emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in these emissions

Payment Services Directive: are you ready?

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • August 28 2009

The Payment Services Directive 200764EC (the PSD) will become effective in Ireland on 1 November 2009 and will introduce a new EU-wide licensing regime for many firms and business that have up until now operated in an unregulated environment

Reduction in trade mark fees soon to be implemented

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • March 12 2009

Fees for the application and registration of an EU wide trade mark are due to drop to around 1000 by mid 2009

Trading with consumers: the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and guidance from the European Commission

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • January 11 2010

If you have a business that sells goods or services to consumers then you should know about the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

Community Trade Mark fees to fall by 40 from 1 May 2009

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • April 20 2009

From 1 May 2009, the official cost of registering a Community Trade Mark (CTM) will be cut by 40 to 900 for online applications

Caps off to emissions trading

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • July 15 2009

Emissions trading is a market-based scheme to control emissions by providing economic incentives for companies to reduce their levels of greenhouse gas emissions

Knee-jerk reaction or reasoned response?

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • July 15 2009

Fund managers working with alternative investment funds believe that they have been unfairly targeted by a draft EU Directive for a financial crisis that was not of their making

Google AdWords and online advertising: trade mark infringement? ECJ decision

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • March 25 2010

Earlier this week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") ruled that the operation of the AdWords system by Google in itself was not a breach of EU trade mark law, but that the content of some advertisements that are linked by Google keywords may well be in breach depending upon the particular facts of the case

Privileged position

  • LK Shields
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  • European Union
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  • December 31 2010

Companies might think that advice from with their in-house lawyer is covered by lawyerclient privilege - but not according to a recent ruling from the European Court of Justice