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Interflora v Marks & Spencer: All Still to Play For or a Win for Interflora?

September 24, 2011

The Court of Justice claims to have clarified the scope of trade mark protection in the EU but has left the High Court to determine, inter alia, whether the use by Marks & Spencer within Google’s referencing service of keywords corresponding to the trade mark of its competitor Interflora undermined any of the ‘functions’ of that trade mark and whether it was ‘free-riding’….

The Guessing Game

August 25, 2011

Eduardo Ustaran has been talking to people who matter in Brussels and is beginning to get an idea of what the future EU data protection framework may look like…

Online Behavioural Advertising: Article 29 WP Concerns

August 25, 2011

The Article 29 Working Party has written to the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) and the EASA (European Advertising Standards Alliance) expressing fundamental concerns about their code of practice….

Google’s Got Better says ICO

August 16, 2011

Google Inc. has taken reasonable steps to improve its privacy policies, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said, following an audit at the Google’s London office….

Walking Away Revisited

August 8, 2011

Paul Gershlick and Simon Weinberg consider the High Court judgment in AstraZeneca v Albermarle, which considered deliberate breach of unprofitable contracts and looked hard at NetTV v MARHedge. The judgment also touches on the right of first refusal and whether rights are waived while negotiating following material breach and is an example of a very narrow interpretation of a limit on liability clause….

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