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Google set to change its trademark policy throughout Canada and most of Europe

  • Baker Botts LLP
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  • Canada, European Union
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  • August 31 2010

On September 14, 2010, Google is set to change its controversial AdWords policy for Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and most of the rest of Europe

L’Oréal v. eBay: the Court of Justice of the European Union tightens liability of online marketplace operators the CJEU

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • European Union, France, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • August 11 2011

The long awaited decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in L’Oréal v. eBay was handed down last month

Interflora will be delighted - but what about other AdWords users?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 25 2011

In the latest in a series of legal challenges around internet keywords and particularly the Google AdWords system, the special adviser to the Court of Justice of the European Union, Advocate General Jaaskinen, has issued his opinion

A mixed bouquet for Marks & Spencer in Europe as the Advocate General gives his opinion on keyword advertising in Interflora

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 24 2011

In Interflora v Marks & Spencer, the Advocate General today agreed that advertisers should be able to "bid" on competitors' famous trade marks in search engine keyword advertising in order to present themselves as a commercial alternative, without being found unlawfully to have taken unfair advantage of the reputation of those competitors

EU political update 18 - 22 July 2011

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 18 2011

On 11 July 2011, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Michel Barnier delivered a speech at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in Paris in which he detailed three challenges pertaining to the resilience of financial markets

ECJ refers back key issues in Interflora v Marks & Spencer to English High Court

  • McCann FitzGerald
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 24 2011

The European Court of Justice issued judgment in the long running Interflora v M&S AdWord case on 22 September last largely leaving it up to the referring UK High Court to determine whether M&S's use of Interflora's trade mark in the context of online advertising

Application of the "AdWords" decision of the CJEU and assessment of adverse effect on the trademark function of indicating origin

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union, France
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  • April 14 2011

The decision of the Court of Appeal provides the most detailed application of the recent "AdWords" decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in France

These are not just any flowers, these are Interflora flowers; or are they?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 18 2011

Following on from the Advocate General’s opinion in the case of Interflora Inc and Interflora British Unit v Marks and Spencer plc and Flowers Direct online (the “Interflora case”), as covered in the March edition of our IP e-bulletin, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its judgment on 22 September 2011

European high court offers more guidance on keyword advertising

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 20 2011

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down its long-awaited opinion last month in Interflora v. Marks & Spencer, clarifying the scope of trademark protection in the European Union under the EU’s Trademarks Directive (89104EEC

CJEU establishes framework for use of trade marks in keyword advertising

  • NautaDutilh
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  • European Union
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  • December 13 2011

Keyword advertising the best-known example of which is Google AdWords is a new and promising way of promoting a business