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eBay’s legal battles continue: a French victory and a prudent English test case

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • European Union, France, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 28 2009

While a French court found that eBay was not liable to L’Oréal for the sale of counterfeit cosmetics on its auction website, an English court determined it required guidance from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the interpretation of applicable directives before deciding key issues in a proceeding between the two parties

Advocate General provides opinion in Google AdWords case

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • October 31 2009

In a combined reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de Cassation in France , Advocate General Maduro advised the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to rule that search engines selling keywords to advertisers cannot be liable for trademark infringement

EU sends conflicting messages on keyword advertising

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • October 24 2009

Two legal opinions in the European Union have reached conflicting conclusions about whether the use of trademarked terms in keyword advertising constitutes trademark infringement

Advocate General's opinion in the three French Google keyword references

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • September 23 2009

The Advocate General delivered his widely anticipated opinion today in three references to the European Court of Justice involving whether the AdWords system operated by Google amounted to trade mark infringement

European Court adviser says Google Adwords don’t violate trademark law

  • Wedlake Bell
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  • European Union, France
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  • September 22 2009

An adviser to the European Court of Justice says the use of a competitor's trademark as a keyword by companies advertising on Google doesn't violate trademark law, but added they should be liable for their wrongful use

Opinion of Advocate General in Google AdWords trade mark infringement reference

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, France
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  • September 28 2009

Advocate General Poiares Maduro has given his opinion in the three joined references from the French Cour de cassation in Google v Louis Vuitton, Google v Viaticum and Google v CNRRH

The battle over the use of trade marks as Google AdWords decision of the European Court of Justice

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 24 2010

On 23 March 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its preliminary ruling in relation to the Google AdWords system

Google and its AdWords

  • NautaDutilh
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 23 2010

There has been a lot to do about the use of keywords in search engines on the Internet

French Supreme Court refers Google AdWords questions to European Court of Justice

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • August 31 2008

The French Cour de Cassation has recently referred to the European Court of Justice several questions concerning the use of Google AdWords

ECJ finds for Google on AdWords but advertisers beware

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • May 4 2010

In what is likely to be seen as a set-back for brand owners, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that Google is not liable for trade mark infringement with its AdWords system

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