Grau & Angulo | Spain | 8 Aug 2022
The Supreme Court recently confirmed a judgment of the Madrid Court of Appeal, which upheld a trademark infringement action. The case concerned the use of the trademark CLÍNICAS ORTODONCIS, owned by the plaintiff, as a Google AdWords keyword. It was questioned whether the use of the trademark name as a keyword to offer competing services through advertising via the AdWords service should be......
PRO Compliance | France | 20 Dec 2019
France’s Competition Authority has fined Google €150 million for abusing its dominance in the online search advertising market.
TozziniFreire Advogados | Brazil | 31 Oct 2017
A 4ª Câmara Julgadora do Tribunal de Impostos e Taxas (TIT) decidiu recentemente pela não incidência de ICMS-Comunicação sobre os serviços de…
Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 6 Apr 2017
The High Court has rejected trade mark infringement and passing off claims in relation to the domain www.argos.com in conjunction with Google AdSense…
Thompson Coburn LLP | Canada, USA | 22 Mar 2017
Neighbors can be helpful. Our Canadian neighbors may have just helped U.S. trademark owners who wonder about the legality of use of their trademarks…
Michelmores LLP | United Kingdom | 17 Mar 2017
The High Court has considered trade mark infringement/passing off in the context of Google AdSense for the first time. Google AdSense offers website…
Shoosmiths LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 16 Mar 2017
This article looks at the rise of online advertising amongst brand owners and the impact on Google AdWords. Expenditure on internet advertising in…
Bristows | European Union, United Kingdom | 8 Mar 2017
We reported last year on the Eturas decision, in which the Court of Justice ruled that technical measures applied on an online platform gave rise to a…
Cuatrecasas | European Union, Spain | 8 Mar 2017
La entidad Citylift S.A. (Citylift) contrató un servicio remunerado de referenciación en Google, denominado AdWords, en el que incluyó como palabra…
Novagraaf | European Union | 29 Nov 2016
The recent judgement in Victoria Plum Limited v Victorian Plumbing Ltd has once again raised the use of trademarks in keyword advertising. But, has it…