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Interflora v M&S: further guidance in the AdWords minefield

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • European Union
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  • September 23 2011

The latest case in the quest for clarification of trade mark law in relation to online use, particularly in relation to keywords (or "AdWords"), was handed down on 22 September

ECJ judgment in Interflora case

  • NautaDutilh
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • September 27 2011

The U.S. company Interflora Inc. operates a worldwide flower-delivery network

CJEU sends clear message that luxury brands cannot prevent retailers selling online

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • October 28 2011

On 13 October 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down a judgment which makes it clear that a clause in a selective distribution agreement which operates as an absolute ban on internet sales has as its object the restriction of competition, and is therefore presumed to be unlawful

European Commission broker memorandum of understanding on online anti-counterfeiting

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • June 9 2011

A ground-breaking memorandum brings together rights holders and online trading platforms, and paves the way for co-operation to combat the online counterfeit issue that costs businesses and the wider economy millions of dollars every year

Google AdWords decision in Europe: trademark owners may prevent competitors from using trademarks as keywords

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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  • European Union
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  • September 27 2011

Remember last year when the European Union’s Court of Justice ruled that Google did not violate European Union law by selling trademarks as keywords and thereby permitting advertisers to purchase and use keywords corresponding to their competitor’s trademarks in Google ads?

The CJEU’s decision in Interflora v Marks & Spencer

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • September 30 2011

Google's policy of offering trade marks to the highest bidders within its AdWords program has proved controversial and led to significant litigation in US, the EU and elsewhere

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

Top-level-domain .eu reserved for trademark owners established in the EU

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union
  • -
  • October 25 2012

The European Court of Justice decided that the registrations of .eu domain names during the "sunrise period" (the initial registration period for trademark owners) by EU-based agencies on behalf of trademark owners not established in the EU do not meet the relevant statutory requirements

L’Oreal vs eBay

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union
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  • May 8 2012

Judgment issued by the Court of Justice on July 12th, 2011 has provided an important doctrine in the matter of the sale of branded goods on the Internet through the electronic market and deals likewise about the liability of the operator of the electronic marketplace

ECJ rules on trademark protection online and intermediaries’ liability L’Oréal v eBay

  • Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale
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  • European Union
  • -
  • September 9 2011

On July 12 2011 the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled on trademark protection on the Internet and the extent to which operators of online marketplaces can be held liable for trademark infringements by users (Case C-32409, L’Oréal SA, Lancôme parfums et beauté & Cie SNC, Laboratoire Garnier & Cie, L’Oréal (UK) Ltd v eBay International AG, eBay Europe SARL, eBay (UK) Ltd, Stephen Potts, Tracy Ratchford, Marie Ormsby, James Clarke, Joanna Clarke, Glen Fox, Rukhsana Bi

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