Latest input tagged brand protection
RSS feed for brand protection
Omega SA was a Swiss company that manufactured watches for over 150 years. Omega Engineering Inc was an American company that has manufactured products for measurement of temperature and humidity for about...
ECJ gives guidance to objecting to use of trade marks in keywords – Portakabin v Primakabin, European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice has given guidance as to when registered trade mark owners can complain about the use of their marks by people who bid for them to appear high up search engine results.
In...
Court of Appeal thinks ECJ comparative advertising ruling is not worth it, but follows it reluctantly – L’Oréal v Bellure, Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has followed a key 2009 decision of the European Court of Justice on comparative advertising because it said it had to do so, but issued some stinging criticism of the ECJ’s ruling....
Small Essex café owner tells Harrods that they’ll continue to call themselves Hollands
The owner of a small café in Essex has vowed to carry on calling themselves Hollands, despite a heavyweight challenge by Harrods. Nigel Holland said he was ‘amazed’ when Harrods’ lawyers wrote to...
Counterfeit imports can now be destroyed without brand owners having to go to court
Goods which are suspected of being counterfeit can now be destroyed without the brand owner having to go to court to get an order in respect of each consignment. This change reverses the rules which HMRC...
eBay not liable for counterfeit Tiffany products sold in US
Tiffany has lost a legal action brought against eBay in which the jewellery shop sought to hold the popular online auction site liable for sales made of counterfeit products through its online platform....
European Court of Justice applies recent ruling in Google v Louis Vuitton case, but we’re still none the wiser of the implications – Die BergSpechte Outdoor Reisen und Alpinschule Edi Koblmueller v Guenter, European Court of Justice
As reported here, the European Court of Justice has recently ruled on the long-awaited Google v Louis Vuitton case, concerning the extent to which brand owners, competitors and search engine providers...
European Court of Justice gives eagerly-awaited ruling in Google keyword search terms trade mark cases – Google v Louis Vuitton, European Court of Justice
In an eagerly-awaited judgment, the European Court of Justice has ruled on whether use of a trade mark term for the purpose of creating a sponsored advert and getting higher up the search results could...
Nominet wants to open up rights to register short uk domain names
Nominet – the not-for-profit body in charge of regulating the registration of domain names ending in ‘.uk’ - has revealed plans to introduce some more popular and sought after names. Until now, it...
Own name defence to registered trade mark infringement applies to trading as well as corporate names, but use must be honest – Hotel Cipriani v Cipriani (Grosvenor Street) Ltd, Court of Appeal
HC – which owned hotels under the name ‘Cipriani’ in Italy, Portugal and Madeira - has won in its trade mark infringement action against the owners of a restaurant that called itself ‘Cipriani...