3rd November 2009 | marketinglaw

Was new catering service at Mini car plant “wholly different”?
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
“TUPE” Regulations apply to a service provision change and preserve the job rights of employees involved in a “relevant transfer.” But such rights do not arise if the new services…
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Regulator pushes “Stand Alone Compliance”
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
A recent Update from the Financial Services Authority tackles cases where promoters of financial services look to defend lack of clarity in an ad by reference to information available elsewhere.…
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Provisional good news for Adwords
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
In the latest trade mark infringement case being fought over Google Adwords’ sales of registered trade mark search engine links to their competitors, the ECJ Advocate General has voiced his…
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Ofcom pronounces on “Win a Holiday” radio competition
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
Smooth Radio Northwest ran a weekly phone-in competition during May 2009 with a grand prize of an “all-inclusive” Pacific island holiday. But who had to pay the £400 airport taxes?…
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New disclosure rules and more for tour operators, sports centres and even ad agencies and law firms
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
Come 28 December 2009, the Provision of Services Regulations 2009 are due to come into force. Implementing the EU Services Directive 2006/123/EC, these will impose new obligations on a raft…
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Morning session sell-out forces second sitting…
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
…for Osborne Clarke’s eleventh annual marketing law forum on 9th December 2009. With new ASA CEO Guy Parker giving the keynote, places for the afternoon session are going fast. To…
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Lastminute.com vs Last Minute Tour
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
After numerous oppositions, appeals and cross appeals over two competitors’ attempts to register their travel services brands, the EU trade mark “Court of First Instance” annulled decisions dismissing an appeal…
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Is it “2 for 1” when the “2” involves an extra 35p?
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
An online sales promotion and a TV ad for Orange’s long running and successful “2 for 1″ cinema tickets promotion invited punters to text in for their second, “text ticket”,…
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Harrods fights Dixons.co.uk over “Last place you want to go” campaign
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
The concept was clever, simple and attention- grabbing: encourage punters to check out products in bricks and mortar retailers, but to actually buy them from the advertiser’s website. Harrods was…
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FSA reports on spread betting review
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
Strangely enough, the spread betting industry is governed principally by the financial services regulator, not the Gambling Commission and the FSA has recently reviewed promotions for these services and found…
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FSA case emphasises how pictures can mislead
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Nov 2009
In a clutch of recently published, but frustratingly anonymised “Real life cases”, the financial services regulator reported on how the way a mobile phone was depicted in a travel insurance…
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Euro sponsorship body calls for clampdown on cheats
Written by Nick Johnson on 03 Nov 2009
After a spate of sports cheating stories in the press, the European Sponsorship Association has called for sponsors to help clamp down on dodgy dealing by introducing extra protection in…
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All Articles from 3rd November 2009

Was new catering service at Mini car plant “wholly different”?

Regulator pushes “Stand Alone Compliance”

Provisional good news for Adwords

Ofcom pronounces on “Win a Holiday” radio competition

New disclosure rules and more for tour operators, sports centres and even ad agencies and law firms

Morning session sell-out forces second sitting…

Lastminute.com vs Last Minute Tour

Is it “2 for 1” when the “2” involves an extra 35p?

Harrods fights Dixons.co.uk over “Last place you want to go” campaign

FSA reports on spread betting review

FSA case emphasises how pictures can mislead

Euro sponsorship body calls for clampdown on cheats

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