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Lego has lost a 14 year battle to register the shape of its toy pieces as trade marks. This does not affect its ability to register its name – just the shape. Distinctive shapes are registrable as trade...
Law not quite so sunny as parallel importing case overturned due to brand owner’s failure to publish information regarding origin – Oracle v M-Tech, Court of Appeal
M-Tech bought for resale second-hand computer hardware of Sun Microsystems. Oracle (which has since taken over Sun’s business) objected on the basis that the goods had not been put on the market within...
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.
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European Commission gives UK Government two month ultimatum to make Data Protection Act comply with EU Data Protection Directive requirements
The European Commission has laid down a two month ultimatum in which the UK Government must comply with the Commission’s requirements to ensure that the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 properly complies...