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Maker of Vodkat fails to convince Court of Appeal that extended passing off is now too broad
Wragge & Co reports that he Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment of Arnold J in January that Intercontinental Brands passed off its VODKAT product as vodka and thereby caused damage to the manufacturer of SMIRNOFF vodka, confirming the apparently broad scope of "extended passing off".
Law Firm: Wragge & Co | Published: 27 August 2010 | Practice Area: Passing Off
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High Court trade mark ruling in Specsavers v Asda - a real eye-opener?
The High Court has held that one of ASDA's marketing straplines used to promote its in-store optician took unfair advantage of Specsavers' Community Trade Marks, but rejected its infringement claims. In this briefing, Herbert Smith takes a closer look at the judgment.
Law Firm: Herbert Smith | Published: 23 August 2010 | Practice Area: Trademarks
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Hong Kong shadow companies targeted by improved brand enforcement measures
The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2010, which has been welcomed by brand owners, was passed in July 2010. The effect of the Bill is that in the future less time and money will need to be spent in court proceedings to obtain and enforce orders for the change of a shadow company's name.
Law Firm: Hogan Lovells | Published: 18 August 2010 | Practice Area: Copyright
Copyright in software, expressions and ideas: you can't copy, right?
Does copyright protection extend to software programs where functionality and 'look and feel' are reproduced, but there is no evidence of direct copying of underlying code? A recent judgment in the UK High Court has considered this point.
Law Firm: Eversheds | Published: 17 August 2010 | Practice Area: Copyright
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Registration of .eu domain names in bad faith
In a recent case, Internet Portal und Marketing GmbH v. Richard Schlicht, the ECJ had to rule on the provisions relating to the registration or use of .eu domain names in bad faith and how they should be applied to the specific circumstances of this case.
Law Firm: Allen & Overy | Published: 14 August 2010 | Practice Area: Domain names
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Google announces further trade mark policy shift on adwords
This article by Hammonds examines the implications of Google’s recent announcement of two further relaxations of its trade mark usage policies, which will both take effect from 14 September 2010.
Law Firm: Hammonds | Published: 13 August 2010 | Practice Area: Trademarks
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Life sciences and healthcare update
SJ Berwin provides commentary on recent legal and regulatory issues in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry including: Court of Justice interprets Biotech Patent Directive; European Commission’s first report on monitoring patent settlements; and KCI Patent valid and infringed.
Law Firm: SJ Berwin | Published: 13 August 2010 | Practice Area: Patents
Nintendo v Playables - copyright infringement by security circumvention devices
The High Court has given summary judgment in a case concerning copyright infringement by the sale of devices for playing pirated copies of computer games, providing some clarification of the complex provisions of sections 296ZD and 296 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Law Firm: Herbert Smith | Published: 13 August 2010 | Practice Area: Copyright
Logos and no-gos: ambush marketing and the 2012 Olympics
This article by Macfarlanes considers the implications for brand owners of the Government’s wide-reaching legislation to tackle ambush marketing in relation to the 2012 Games, in the form of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Act 2006.
Law Firm: Macfarlanes LLP | Published: 04 August 2010 | Practice Area: Trademarks
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Playing music in public - avoiding the legal pitfalls
The collecting societies are conducting an increasingly aggressive enforcement campaign on playing music in public. If your business needs licences from both of these organisations but only has a licence from one of them, you may well be the target of an investigation.
Law Firm: Hammonds | Published: 29 July 2010 | Practice Area: Copyright
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