Archive for October, 2007

CFI says there is not a ‘sea’ of difference between ‘Labortoire de la mer’ and ‘la mer’ – La Mer Technology Inc v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

1 October 2007 | Paul Gershlick

La Mer Technology applied to register as a European Community Trade Mark the words ‘La mer’ for soaps, perfumery, essential oils and toiletries. Laboratoires Goëmar SA (Goëmar) opposed the application...

Giving your company a name is not considered to be trade mark use under trade mark law – Céline Sàrl v Céline SA, European Court of Justice

1 October 2007 | Paul Gershlick

Céline SA was registered as a company and had a trade mark for ‘Céline’ in relation to clothes since 1948. Céline Sàrl traded as a clothing retailer from its premises under the name ‘Céline’....

UK Trade Mark Registry issues new rules about how invalidity proceedings work

1 October 2007 | Paul Gershlick

The UK Intellectual Property Office has published a Tribunal Practice Notice (TPN 2/2007) which sets out a change in the Trade Marks Registry's practice in relation to undefended applications for declarations...

New rules for trade mark applications in the UK Trade Mark Registry in place

1 October 2007 | Paul Gershlick

New rules were brought into force on 1 October 2007 and these have changed the way the UK Trade Marks Registry will consider trade mark applications from now on. The Registrar will no longer automatically...

iPhones which have been unlocked to other networks are disabled by Apple

1 October 2007 | Paul Gershlick

Apple, the supplier of iPhones, recently issued a chilling warning to its customers that if they unlocked their portable music and mobile phone devices such that they could work on any mobile network they...

OFCOM fines GMTV and ICSTIS fines Opera Telecom over £2m for the worst case of premium phone line abuse ever

1 October 2007 | Paul Gershlick

Ofcom - the media regulator - has fined GMTV £2m and the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of the Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) - the regulator of providers of premium rate...

ASA findings that false lashes should not have been used for mascara ads make L’Oreal question whether it was really worth it

1 October 2007 | Paul Gershlick

L’Oreal issued television and press ads for its ‘Telescopic’ mascara product. The ads featured the actress Penelope Cruz and showed her using the product to separate her lashes. The ads claimed that...

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Archive for October, 2007

CFI says there is not a ‘sea’ of difference between ‘Labortoire de la mer’ and ‘la mer’ – La Mer Technology Inc v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

Giving your company a name is not considered to be trade mark use under trade mark law – Céline Sàrl v Céline SA, European Court of Justice

UK Trade Mark Registry issues new rules about how invalidity proceedings work

New rules for trade mark applications in the UK Trade Mark Registry in place

iPhones which have been unlocked to other networks are disabled by Apple

OFCOM fines GMTV and ICSTIS fines Opera Telecom over £2m for the worst case of premium phone line abuse ever

ASA findings that false lashes should not have been used for mascara ads make L’Oreal question whether it was really worth it

EMI signs up to YouTube to allow fans to view artists’ videos on website

New Gambling Act came into force on 1 September

Scotland Yard investigates police employees for posting ‘inappropriate’ videos on Facebook

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