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The High Court has held that one of ASDA's marketing straplines used to promote its in-store optician took unfair advantage of Specsavers' Community Trade Marks (CTM) under Article 9(1)(c) of the CTM Regulation, but rejected its infringement claims made under Article 9(1)(b) and for passing-off
A critical Court of Appeal case (L'Oreal v Bellure, 21st May) appears to have significantly limited the use of competitors' trade marks in certain types of comparative advertising
The High Court has given judgment in an innovative ruling granting declarations of fact on whether comparative advertising satisfied the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive
