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The French Supreme Court confirms the use of a competitor’s trademark as keyword

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • March 11 2013

This particular case involved two competitors, Cobrason and Solutions, which both sell video and hi-fi products online. Cobrason noticed that when an

Paris appeals court confirms eBay’s liability for selling counterfeit and unauthorized LVMH perfumes on auction website

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • November 30 2010

In sharp contrast to the outcome of a similar lawsuit has resolved in the United States, the Paris Court of Appeal has upheld a 2008 verdict holding that online auctioneer eBay is liable for the sale of counterfeit goods or goods that are selected for special distribution via its online auction website

Unsuccessful harvest for the Champagne domain

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France, Global
  • -
  • August 19 2011

The Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC, the representative body of French Champagne producers), a body established by statute under the laws of France, recently lost a Complaint filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO

Registry and registrar not liable for infringing domain names

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 10 2012

In a recent case the Paris Court of Appeal considered the liability of a registry and a registrar for the registration of domain names that allegedly infringed trademarks

Appeal court upholds eBay's liability, but reduces damages

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • September 22 2010

In an ongoing dispute between eBay and French luxury brand owners the LVMH group, on 30th June 2008 LVMH and several LVMH group companies obtained a strong victory through three decisions of the Paris Commercial Court

L’Oréal v. eBay: the Court of Justice of the European Union tightens liability of online marketplace operators the CJEU

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, Germany, United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 11 2011

The long awaited decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in L’Oréal v. eBay was handed down last month

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

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • 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

The Court of cassation clarifies eBay’s status: eBay is an editor!

  • Dreyfus & associés
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • February 14 2013

The Court of cassation puts an end to the French case law hesitations by stating, in 3 decisions, that eBay is an editor. Web host or editor? Indeed

Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the context of the opening to competition of online gambling in France

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 14 2010

As online gambling in France is opening to competition, sports associations, corporations and organizations are seeking to secure their intellectual property rights protecting their names and the names of the competitions they organize and redouble their efforts against bookmakers who are using the names

French court chips away at immunity for third-party content

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • August 7 2010

On July 20, a regional French appeals court ruled that eBay International and eBay France were liable for an eBay vendor's sale of counterfeit goods

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