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Anti-counterfeiting 2009 - A Global Guide: France

  • Bureau DA Casalonga-Josse
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  • France
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  • April 30 2009

IP regulation is codified within the French IP Code

Copyright protection Regulatory Authority for Technical Measures rules published

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
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  • June 4 2007

The long-awaited decree setting out the organisational and procedural rules of the Regulatory Authority for Technical Measures (RATM) was issued on 4 April 2007

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

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, France
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  • 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

Landmark victory for eBay in trade mark infringement case

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, France
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  • June 1 2009

On 13 May 2009, eBay, the world’s largest online auctioneer, claimed a landmark victory against L’Oréal after the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris (Paris first instance civil court) ruled that eBay was not liable for selling counterfeit products and luxury goods imported from outside the European Union on its website

Trade mark owners’ delight at luxury lingerie decision

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • May 14 2009

In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) has confirmed that a trade mark owner may limit the kind of customers to whom their licensees can sell where this would damage the reputation of the trade mark

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

Implementation of the Enforcement Directive

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
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  • May 13 2009

The implementation in France of Directive 200448EC on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights has introduced various new provisions into the French patent law

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
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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

Do right holders have an obligation to cooperate with UGC platforms?

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • France
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  • October 1 2009

In several copyright litigations handled by the Paris office of Hogan & Hartson on behalf of MySpace, the plaintiffs made a point of not wanting to use the tools made available by MySpace to prevent copyright infringement