21st August 2000 | marketinglaw

Which EU states are going for an opt-in regime for email marketing
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
and where is the new Comparative Advertising Directive in force? 15th August 2000 Snapshot Re: Various EU States' Implementation of Directives relevant to eMarketing Which EU states are going…
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US anti sneeze spray maker caught napping by UK distributor
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
In April 1998 a brief form of words appointed Passion for Life Products (“PFL”) exclusive UK distributor of the claimant’s (“MedGen”) Snorenz product until the end of 1998. Topic:…
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TV ad for news magazine closes bank
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
A TV ad for the latest edition of a German business news magazine trailed a story about a German bank to appear in it Topic: Libel Who: A leading…
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Product shapes fail CTM registrability test
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
Community Trade Mark Board of Appeal, Alicante What happened: Procter & Gamble and Mag Instruments tried to register the shape of respectively their dishwasher powder tablets and torches as 3D…
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Processing children’s data: what are the rules?
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
Marketers are keen to unlock the enormous potential of kids’ familiarity with the net, but what are the pitfalls? Stephen Groom investigates. Topic: Data privacy Who: Burger King When:…
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Poland beats EU states to implement Comparative advertising
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
Obviously keen to demonstrate its European credentials, in June 2000 Poland brought into force amendments to its 1993 Unfair Competition Act. Topic: Comparative advertising Who: Legislators in Warsaw When:…
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Orange ad soundalike gives Buerk the pip
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
Like all TV newscasters, Michael Buerk is currently forbidden from doing any advertising work, either as a voiceover or otherwise. Topic: Personality rights Who: Orange, Jon Culshaw and Michael…
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One step forward, two steps back in VAT case trio
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
First up in this case triad are Leeds based Direct Marketing Bureau (“DMB”), who appealed against a Customs & Excise (“C&E”) position that VAT was payable at the standard rate…
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German challenge to lastminute.com fails
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
In March we reported on the launch of a challenge in Germany to the “lastminute” brand on grounds that as not all the products offered by the site were effectively…
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First live now Proms not necessarily BBC property
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
Before the BBC took over the sponsorship of the promenade concerts in 1927, a Dr George Cathcart had that responsibility, which he had discharged since the summer concerts began in…
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EU regulators close in on spammers
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
Proposed Directive concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector New development: Proposed Directive concerning the processing of personal data and…
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Credit card giant fails to injunct cyber squatter
Written Osborne Clarke on 21 Aug 2000
Financial services provider and credit card specialist MBNA had been trading in the UK since 1993 and had a registered a stylised representation of the letters mbna as a Community…
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