24th March 2005 | marketinglaw

Ryanair claims victory in semi successful flight price prosecution
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
Is ‘London-Stansted-Pisa £4.99 one way excluding tax’ on a website a misleading price indication? Essex trading standards thought so and they prosecuted. But did they shoot their bolt and are…
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Real Madrid has online betting sites in sights
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
The second richest football club in Europe recently declared war on seven online betting sites. All were threatened with litigation over alleged unauthorised website use of the La Liga club’s…
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OFT consults on yet more UK consumer credit ad rule guidance
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
Hot on the heels of its ‘FAQs’ on the new 2004 regulations for consumer credit advertising, the OFT has now published a ‘Consultation draft’ booklet on the same topic. We…
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More Ofcom hints of relaxed branded content rules
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
The UK media uber regulator has already indicated that it believes current sponsorship/branded content/product placement rules for UK commercial TV to be disproportionately restrictive. More on Stephen Carter’s latest pronouncements…
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Mixed messages from preference service stats
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
At a recent DMA telemarketing forum, delegates were updated on the state of play on those registering with the Corporate and non-corporate Telephone Preference Services. Did this suggest impending telemarketing…
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MHRA ups its act on pharma ad regulation/enforcement
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
Not to be outdone by other ad regulators, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has set out its stall for achieving more medicines advertising compliance. We report on its…
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FSA consults on permanent waiver
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
No, hairdressing is not about to be regulated by the Financial Services Authority. This relates to cases where mortgage and insurance product providers outsource marketing functions, for example to contact…
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FSA bares soul in financial promotions paper
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
In its recent publication ‘Taking stock and moving forward,’ the financial services regulator reports its progress in regulating financial promotions to date, gives some common examples of non compliance and…
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Eighth solicitor fined for data protection offence
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
Many UK businesses using personal data still don’t appreciate that they are very likely to be legally obliged to ‘notify’ with the Office of the Information Commissioner (‘OIC’). This recent…
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BCAP consults on draft booze code Guidance
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
In 2004 Ofcom published revised rules for broadcast ads for alcoholic drinks. They were less restrictive than threatened and in return the industry promised Guidance Notes on the new rules.…
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‘No arguable defence’ verdict in Sun/What’s On TV fight
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
It wasn’t the first time that The Sun had used pictures of the cover of IPC’s ‘What’s On TV’ in ads promoting the daily’s competing free TV guide. And it…
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‘La Mer’ verdict underlines advertising’s role in maintaining trade mark registrations
Written Osborne Clarke on 24 Mar 2005
Five years’ non-use can mean curtains for any UK trade mark registration, but was sale to a UK distributor of £800 worth of ‘La Mer’ products enough to save the…
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All Articles from 24th March 2005

Ryanair claims victory in semi successful flight price prosecution

Real Madrid has online betting sites in sights

OFT consults on yet more UK consumer credit ad rule guidance

More Ofcom hints of relaxed branded content rules

Mixed messages from preference service stats

MHRA ups its act on pharma ad regulation/enforcement

FSA consults on permanent waiver

FSA bares soul in financial promotions paper

Eighth solicitor fined for data protection offence

BCAP consults on draft booze code Guidance

‘No arguable defence’ verdict in Sun/What’s On TV fight

‘La Mer’ verdict underlines advertising’s role in maintaining trade mark registrations

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