Archive for December, 2008

Facebook spammer ordered to pay record damages of $873m by a US court

1 December 2008 | Paul Gershlick

A US court has ordered a spammer to pay damages of US$873m to Facebook for hacking into members’ profiles and bombarding users with four million junk mail messages. This was a record payout under the...

Spammers only need to convert one email out of every 12.5 million into a sale to make a profit

1 December 2008 | Paul Gershlick

To make a profit, senders of spam (or unsolicited) email only need to get one person out of every 12.5 million emails that they send to buy something. For that reason, it still pays to send out lots...

Lego builds on its list of defeats as it fails to register its brick as a trade mark – Lego v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

1 December 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Lego applied to register the three-dimensional shape of a traditional Lego brick as a registered trade mark in Europe in 1999. An objection to the application was filed by a competitor toy brick company...

European Court of First Instance rules that national courts must decide on circumstances as to revocation for five-year period for non-use – Rajani v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

1 December 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Rajani applied to register ATOZ as a European Community trade mark. His application was published in October 2001. Artoz-Papier AG opposed the application based on its conflicting prior registration. ...

European Court ruling makes it very hard to argue that third party is diluting its trade mark – Intel v CPM, European Court of Justice

1 December 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Intel - the computer chip-maker - owned various trade marks in the ‘Intel’ mark. CPM registered ‘Intelmark’ for marketing and telemarketing services. Intel applied for a declaration of invalidity...

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Archive for December, 2008

Facebook spammer ordered to pay record damages of $873m by a US court

Spammers only need to convert one email out of every 12.5 million into a sale to make a profit

Lego builds on its list of defeats as it fails to register its brick as a trade mark – Lego v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

European Court of First Instance rules that national courts must decide on circumstances as to revocation for five-year period for non-use – Rajani v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

European Court ruling makes it very hard to argue that third party is diluting its trade mark – Intel v CPM, European Court of Justice

Tax threshold rises for imports, making non-EU goods cheaper

Phones 4U commits to changing practices which breach consumer protection legislation

ASA finds ZV Snore Solution Spray name is misleading

Revised TV and radio advertising codes published

Claim against Second Life avatar leads to questions as to whether the courts have jurisdiction over virtual worlds

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