12th January 2011 | marketinglaw

When is a website “directed” at a particular country?
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
Could an Austrian resident wanting a refund on a sea voyage sue the German ship owner in the Austrian courts after buying the ticket online from a German travel agent?…
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What’s in store for 2011?
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
What will be the key marketing law events of 2011? At both “sittings” of Osborne Clarke’s sell-out “Look Back, Face Forward 2010/2011″ marketing law forum in December 2010, Stephen Groom…
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Was “Naturally Active” registrable for cosmetics?
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
Liz Earle Beauty Co appeared before the EU General Court in a bid for monopoly rights in a phrase that “on the face of it” might seem like a common…
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OFT takes action over promotional blogs and Tweets
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
In ground-breaking moves, the apparently Coalition-doomed Office of Fair Trading has been flexing its muscles over lack of transparency in promotional blogs and Twitter plugs. Will celeb plugs on social…
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OC’s Nick Johnson takes the podium in New York
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
On 24-25 January 2011 American Conference Institute presents the 24th Advanced Forum on Advertising Law at the Marriott Downtown. Our Nick Johnson tackles “Creating a multinational Advertising Campaign” with counsel…
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New Facebook promotion guidelines
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
Hot on the heels of new rules for Twitter-platformed prize promotions, Facebook has now introduced with immediate effect a brand new set of guidelines for Facebook-based promotions. The changes are…
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Must rogue users of trade body logos pay damages?
Written by Tom Harding on 12 Jan 2011
As it had not lost sales by the infringement, the National Guild of Removers and Storers had to persuade the Court to do something close to breaking new legal ground…
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Ministry of Justice considers ASA transparency move
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
Ken Clarke’s bailiwick has launched a consultation on “Opening up public bodies to scrutiny”. Top of the list of bodies that might be forced to reveal their inner workings under…
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Is there copyright in news headlines?
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
The Court was asked to resolve a dust-up between the Newspaper Licensing Agency and the Public Relations Consultants’ Association over online news “clipping” services. Was the NLA entitled to demand…
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ASA update on “Process Review”
Written by Anna Williams on 12 Jan 2011
Just when we were all wondering what had become of the much-vaunted root and branch review of the ad super-regulator which kicked off in Autumn 2009 just after Guy Parker…
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ASA in harsh verdict on Argos delivery promise
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
“We can deliver at a time slot that’s right for you” said an Argos TV ad. Did this mean they could deliver at any time specified by the customer or…
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Advertising, marketing and sponsorship law 2011
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jan 2011
Sixth annual marcoms law conference now booking. On Wednesday 9 March 2011, in-house lawyer training specialists C&I and Osborne Clarke present this one day intensive. With hot button content including…
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