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

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • 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

Three strikes and you’re out in France

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • France
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  • June 1 2009

After a long and hard fought battle, President Sarkozy’s government has finally been able to force through a controversial "three strikes" law against illegal file sharing

Google fined for adwords policy

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • France
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  • February 4 2009

Google has been fined 350,000 euros by a French court for trade mark infringement resulting from its "adwords" policy

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

  • Wedlake Bell
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  • European Union, France
  • -
  • 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

eBay wins some (in the US), loses some (in France)

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, France, USA
  • -
  • August 8 2008

A French court has ordered eBay to pay damages to Hermès, after determining that eBay did not sufficiently ensure that its website would not be used for illegal activities

eBay wins some (in the US), loses some (in France)

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • August 8 2008

A French court has ordered eBay to pay damages to Hermès, after determining that eBay did not sufficiently ensure that its website would not be used for illegal activities

Fine imposed on Google for faulty data retention and IP violation

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • February 15 2008

On December 12, 2007, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that web-hosting services must be able to fully identify the editors and operators of blogs and other personal sites and may not rely on Internet Protocol addresses as their principal personal identifier

L’Oreal’s claim against eBay in France fails

  • Squire Sanders
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  • France
  • -
  • June 10 2009

The cosmetics giant L’Oreal has failed in its trade mark infringement action against eBay in France in respect of the sale on eBay of counterfeit L’Oreal products

French Court of Cassation rules on data protection and online copyright infringement

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • France
  • -
  • February 11 2009

In SACEM v. Cyrille Saminadin (Cour de Cassation, chambre criminelle, 13 janvier 2009), the SACEM (a representative body of authors, composers, and music editors) asked one of its agents to carry out an investigation and to collect evidence of copyright infringements on a peer-to-peer network

MP3 streaming website fined 1million for IP infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • October 19 2009

Radioblogclub.fr, a French website dedicated to MP3 streaming, was fined 1million for intellectual property (IP) infringement