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Under a European Court of Justice ruling this year, businesses can pay to bid on rivals’ trade marks as keywords on search engines like Google so that they appear in the search results, as long as there...
CAP Code to apply to material on own websites
The CAP Code is being extended to apply to material on organisations’ own websites. The CAP Code is a code of practice governing the content of adverts and marketing communications. It is administered...
Google announces relaxation in policy towards use of registered trade marks as keywords
Google has announced a relaxation of its policies involving the sponsoring of other people’s trade marks as keywords. Sponsoring keywords triggers adverts when Internet users search on those terms. The...
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...