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Online retailers must refund delivery costs

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 27 2010

In Handelsgesellschaft v Verbraucherzentrale, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that online and mail order retailers must reimburse delivery costs if a consumer withdraws from the contract

Advocate General confirms that legal professional privilege does not extend to in house advice

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • May 27 2010

The Advocate General has confirmed that legal professional privilege does not protect communications between in house lawyers and their employers in EU competition investigations

Reference to ECJ in seizure of counterfeit goods case

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 30 2010

In the NovemberDecember 2009 edition of this Bulletin, we reported on the Court of Appeal's reference to the ECJ in the case of Nokia v Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue & Customs

European ruling on registrability of shapes as trade marks

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 30 2010

In Lego Juris AS v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) and Mega Brands Inc, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has given guidance to businesses on when the shape of goods will be registrable as a trade mark

The Treaty of Lisbon and the ECJ

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 28 2010

The Treaty of Lisbon came into force on 1 December 2009

Questions to ECJ in Google Adwords cases published

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 10 2009

In L’Oreal v eBay and Interflora v Marks & Spencer, Mr Justice Arnold decided to refer a number of questions on the Google Adwords issue to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling ie. would the selectionuse of a third party trade mark as a keyword amount to trade mark infringement?

Reference to ECJ in seizure of counterfeit goods case

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 10 2009

In the JulyAugust edition of this bulletin we reported on a decision of Mr Justice Kitchin in the case of Nokia Corporation v Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue & Customs (HMRC

Courts required to assess of their own motion whether terms fair under UTCCR 1999

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 29 2009

In a reference from the Spanish courts in the case of Asturcom Telecomunicaciones SL v Maria Cristina Rodriguez Nogueira, the ECJ has considered whether, in proceedings involving a term in a consumer contract, a national court must consider of its own motion whether that term is unfair within the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive (9313EEC) (the Directive

ECJ rules on meaning of ‘reputation in the Community’ for CTM infringement

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 29 2009

In PAGO International GmbH v Tirolmilch registriete GmbH, the ECJ has ruled on the meaning of ‘reputation in the Community’ in Article 9(1)(c) of the Community Trade Mark Regulation

ECJ rules on assessment of implied consent in trade mark exhaustion case

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 29 2009

In the case of Makro Zelfbedieningsgroothandel CV, Metro Cash & Carry BV, Remo Zaandam BV v Diesel SpA, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that whether a trade mark owner has given implied consent for the purposes of Article 7(1) of the Trade Marks Directive (89104EEC) (the Directive) should be assessed in the way set out in Zino Davidoff and Levi Strauss regardless of whether the goods have first been put on the market in the EEA or outside the EEA