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EU political update: 22 - 26 October 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 22 2012

On 18 and 19 October the European Council met and reiterated its firm commitment to take resolute action to address financial market tensions, restore confidence and stimulate growth and jobs

ECJ rules that prohibitions on sale and use of foreign TV decoder cards for viewing football matches breach Article 101 TFEU and freedom to provide services

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 3 2011

On 4 October 2011, the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) gave its ruling on questions referred from the England and Wales High Court, in relation to the use of foreign satellite decoder cards for the broadcast of English Football Association Premier League matches

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • June 17 2011

This is the twenty-fifth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

UNIQUE trade mark for telecoms fails to engage CFI

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union
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  • November 6 2009

In Case T-39607 France Telecom v OHIM (23 September 2009) the CFI has upheld OHIM’s refusal of an application for the word mark UNIQUE because it lacked distinctive character and had not acquired distinctiveness through use

Bubbling over!

  • Wedlake Bell
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  • European Union
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  • December 10 2008

The ECJ has given judgement in the O2 v Hutchinson 3G referral and held that a trade mark owner can bring an infringement claim to prevent use of his mark in comparative advertising if he can show a likelihood of confusion between his goodsservices and those of the advertiser

The bubble bursts for O2

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • July 30 2008

The European Court of Justice (the ECJ) ruled that O2 Holdings Limited and O2 (UK) Ltd. could not rely on their trademark rights to prevent the use of bubble imagery in a comparative advertisement by Hutchinson 3G UK Limited, as the advertisement was not misleading and did not cause confusion as to the origin of the services being offered

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