12th February 2001 | marketinglaw

Viagrene tonic meets predictable fate
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
Tipped the wink that a UK company carrying on business in Scandinavia was planning a product launch that might interest them, Viagra maker Pfizer arranged for private investigators to attend…
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The EU Directive on Consumer Injunctions – 98/27/EC
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
Hoe has the EU Directive on Consumer Injunctions been implemented in EU countries? Questions: Has the EU Directive on Consumer Injunctions been implemented in your country? If not when…
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The Douglas/Zeta-Jones case: birth of a new privacy right?
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
Following the Court of Appeal’s recent verdict, we look under the hype of the Hello!/OK!/Zeta-Jones/Douglas wedding photo case and identify signposts for marketers in the legal deliberations on rights of…
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New US Patient Data rules
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
American hospitals, healthcare insurance companies, pharmacies, health maintenance organisations and medical researchers are up in arms over data privacy rules approved by Clinton shortly before handing over The White House…
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Historic copyright versus free speech verdict
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
Under the headline “Revealed. Blair’s secret plan to form coalition” the Sunday Telegraph reproduced pretty much all of a secret minute written by former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown of…
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Flower pots must be recycled says Appeal Court
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
Packaging Regulations introduced in the UK in March 1997 following an EU Directive imposed obligations on all businesses handling waste in the course of their business who had a turnover…
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Evolution not revolution for new radio ad code
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
Late last year the Radio Authority published a modernised Advertising and Sponsorship Code. Who: Radio Authority When: December 2000 Where: UK What happened: late last year the Radio Authority…
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EU Promo Law Expert Group lives up to its name. Not.
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
When the EC’s green paper on commercial communications was first published in March 1996, hopes were high of rapid action at EU level to tackle the notorious European disparities in…
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Dyson -v- Hoover : the latest round
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
Dyson recently enjoyed a swinging victory over Hoover in the finding that Hoover’s VORTEX infringed Dyson’s patent. Who: Dyson and Hoover When: January 2001 Where: Chancery Division of the…
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Crucifix = advertisement say planners
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
When the Rev. Rob Wilson of the Ridge Methodist Church received a £50 demand from Stockport Council’s planning department for the right to display a cross over his church, he…
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Can Christ own copyright? poser
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
“A Course in Miracles” was claimed to be religious instruction dictated to the author by Jesus Christ. Who: Penguin Books USA Inc v. New Christians USA Inc v. New…
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Advertisers are sophisticated shock finding.
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Feb 2001
MBNA IB, the world’s largest independent credit card issuer, applied to the Court for a temporary injunction preventing the Defendant, Stephen Freeman, from alleged passing off and infringement of its…
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