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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

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

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

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

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

Toward the adoption of initial interest confusion

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • 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

Application of the "AdWords" decision of the CJEU and assessment of adverse effect on the trademark function of indicating origin

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • April 14 2011

The decision of the Court of Appeal provides the most detailed application of the recent "AdWords" decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in France

Domain name reservation and purchase of keywords: trademark infringement and or unfair competition practice?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 20 2011

The Court of Appeal of Paris confirmed that the purchase of keywords is a trademark use in the course of trade

Online betting: court cancels trademarks of past monopoly beneficiary

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 15 2010

In recent years, the fierce competition among the various actors in the online betting industry has seen many trademark disputes come before the French courts

Trainee slips off the gravy train

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • December 9 2010

On 29 October 2010, the Paris Court of First Instance ruled in favour of France's national railway operator (the SNCF) in a case involving the registration of a domain name infringing its trade mark in the term SNCF

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