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The UK Government has asked Google to remove 333 web search results, images and videos in the first six months of this year. The Internet giant fully or partially complied with four in five of the requests....
High Court left to decide who smells of roses after ECJ gives judgment on Interflora v Marks & Spencer referral – Interflora v Marks & Spencer, European Court of Justice
Under the Trade Marks Directive, a proprietor of a registered trade mark can prevent third parties from using any sign identical to that mark in the course of trade, where that trade is identical to the...
Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals
The Performing Rights Society for Music has called on search engines to offer a traffic light service under which Internet users could see whether a music site they were going to was supporting legitimately...
Google ends suspension of links to Belgian newspapers’ websites after agreeing basis of copyright infringement action
Google has agreed to allow Belgian newspapers to be listed on search results generated by its search engine after the newspapers had claimed that Google had been unnecessarily aggressive in removing them....
Italian court says Yahoo! Does not need to remove links to infringing site
An Italian court has denied a claim made by a distributor of an Iranian film called “About Elly” that Yahoo! should remove search results that provide links to infringing copies of the film. The judge...
European Commission asks social networks to restrict access to children’s profiles
The European Commission has called on social network sites to restrict access to children’s profiles. Following a survey paid for by the Commission and published by the EUKidsOnline network, it found...
M&S finds keyword advertising policy not smelling of roses as Advocate General unimpressed with its sponsored ads for “Interflora”
An Advocate General has given his view to the European Court of Justice in a trade mark infringement case involving keyword advertising. The case revolved around M&S sponsoring “Interflora” as...
Google accuses Microsoft in ‘Bing Sting’
Google and Microsoft are engaged in a war of words after the long-standing search engine giant has accused Microsoft’s Bing search engine of copying and cheating following a sting operation coined the...
European Patent Office creates free online search tool for all clean energy technology pate
The European Patent Office has created an innovation of its own. It has created a tool that enables people to search for free for all patents in relation to the clean energy technology sector, wherever...
Google investigated over allegations of abuse of dominant position in search engine market
Google is being investigated by the European Commission over allegations that it abused its dominant position in the search engine market, contrary to European Union competition law. The fact that...