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New French law gives consumers greater rights

Bird & Bird
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France
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April 28 2008

In December 2007 the French Parliament adopted new legislation to develop competition for the benefit of consumers

User-generated content and ISP liability in France

Bird & Bird
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France
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February 4 2009

The question of liability of internet service providers has become a crucial issue worldwide due in particular to the recent development of the web 2.0 and the increase in the popularity of peer to peer file sharing

Google practices on the online advertising market under review by the French Competition Authority

Bird & Bird
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France
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September 17 2010

On 30 June 2010, the French Competition Authority ("FCA") issued an interim measures decision ordering Google to modify its policy for its online advertising service AdWords

Toward the adoption of initial interest confusion

Bird & Bird
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France
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June 27 2011

Under the doctrine of initial interest confusion in US trade mark law, there may be a finding of infringement where, as a result of the use by an advertiser of a third party’s trade mark, a consumer, who was initially interested in the advertisement in which said trade mark was used, later discovers, before making the purchase of goods or services, that such products or services in fact do not originate from the owner of the trade mark but from a competitor

Trademark infringement on the web: a bailiff affidavit has no probative value if the investigation was not technically sound

Bird & Bird
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France
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February 21 2007

A decision of the Paris Court of Appeal on 17 November 2006 regarding the conduct of a bailiff’s investigation could be relevant to future trademark infringement litigation

The last twists and turns of the Google saga

Bird & Bird
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France
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April 27 2007

In the last six months there have been new developments in the “Google saga” regarding the liability of Google for its AdWords services

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

The liability of hosting service providers: what’s new under French law?

Bird & Bird
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France
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April 28 2008

A large number of significant judicial decisions have been made by French judges in the past few months relating to Web 2.0

French judge dismisses the claims of French families association against SecondLife

Bird & Bird
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France
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October 23 2007

On 2 July 2007, a summary judge of the Paris first instance tribunal rejected the claim of two families associations against Linden Research, the operators of the online virtual world, SecondLife, and various web access providers

The Dailymotion case: a tough decision for internet hosting providers?

Bird & Bird
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France
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October 24 2007

Dailymotion is a free-of-charge website allowing internet users to host, store, upload and comment upon their personal videos

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