19th March 2002 | marketinglaw

Injunction blocks ‘192’ faxes
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
The Control of Misleading Advertisement Regulations 1988 have been wheeled out against a fax advertiser soliciting premium rate responses. Newsfeed Topic: Misleading advertising Who: ASA, OFT, The High Court,…
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Has a recent appeal case put the skids under the recent rising trend of stress-related claims against employers?
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
Olivia Sinfield of Osborne Clarke’s employment team investigates. All Stressed Out ? Stress in the workplace has been described as the 'Black Plague' of modern times and is particularly…
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Glittering Ryanair and Texas Homecare offers lose lustre
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
We look at why consumers on both sides of the Irish Sea are pursuing claims over promotional offers that turned out to be too good to be true. Newsfeed…
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German courts ban Ryanair comparative ads
Written by Konstantin Ewald on 19 Mar 2002
Ryanair recently complained about Lufthansa’s tactics in obtaining “overnight” injunctions banning its flight price comparisons. Foul play or fair cop? International Newsfeed Topic: Comparative advertising The Interim Injunction System…
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E-commerce regs win plain English wooden spoon
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
It’s taken a year and a half for the DTI to produce these proposals for implementing the EU E-commerce Directive. We try to make some sense of the Euro speak…
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DMA launching two new ‘do not deliver’ list services
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
With these new lists, there will be no less than six different marketing preference services operating in the UK. Newsfeed Topic: Direct marketing Who: The Direct Marketing Association Where: …
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Currys downs Comet with malicious falsehood injunction
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
“Injurious falsehood” lawsuits against comparative advertisers had been going nowhere until Currys took action against Comet. Newsfeed Topic: Prices Who: DSG Retail Limited (trading as Currys) v Comet Group…
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Can you register your slogan as a trade mark?
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
A Patent Office “Practice Circular” sheds lights on what sort of slogan can be registered as a trade mark. Newsfeed Topic: Brands Who: The UK Patent Office When: Late…
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Analogue law dishes digital used car lot
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
If Swan Garage of Bosham thought mileage claims on their website would escape the attentions of the local Trading Standards Office, they had another think coming. Newsfeed Topic: Selling…
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‘Wedding souvenir special’ cover flash costs OK!
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
To some, a photo of Madonna without her wedding dress might be reason enough for buying the latest issue of OK! Magazine. For others, it might be the very opposite.…
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‘Weasel’ words warning from ASA research study
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
A fascinating report on public attitudes to advertising and its regulation commissioned by the ASA has good and bad news for advertisers. Topic: Self regulation Who: The Advertising Standards…
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‘Heat’ turned down on ‘Hot Stars’ for now
Written Osborne Clarke on 19 Mar 2002
E-map cut up rough when they thought OK!’s free “Hot Stars” supplement was muscling in on “Heat’s territory”. Topic: Passing off Who: Emap/"Heat" and Northern & Shell/"Hot Stars" When: …
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All Articles from 19th March 2002

Injunction blocks ‘192’ faxes

Has a recent appeal case put the skids under the recent rising trend of stress-related claims against employers?

Glittering Ryanair and Texas Homecare offers lose lustre

German courts ban Ryanair comparative ads

E-commerce regs win plain English wooden spoon

DMA launching two new ‘do not deliver’ list services

Currys downs Comet with malicious falsehood injunction

Can you register your slogan as a trade mark?

Analogue law dishes digital used car lot

‘Wedding souvenir special’ cover flash costs OK!

‘Weasel’ words warning from ASA research study

‘Heat’ turned down on ‘Hot Stars’ for now

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