Having used a stylised “e” in its branding since 1994, car hire heavyweight Enterprise was not impressed when in 2012 competitor Europcar adopted….a stylised “e.” Proceedings for trade mark infringement and passing off ensued. Barney Sich reports.
US corporation Blackrock, Inc applied to register two phrases as Community Trade Marks. But were they just banal expressions that were “devoid of distinctive character” and hence not registrable? Ben Goodger reports the EU General Court judgment.
New regulations have come into force which liberalise the rules governing what companies and LLPs can call themselves and the trading disclosures they have to make Tom Harvey and Nick Thody report.
After 214 complaints to ICO and the “do not call” list administrator the Telephone Preference Service, enforcement action was taken over cold calls to often vulnerable consumers despite their numbers being on the TPS list. Fiona Schneider reports.
The UK’s data watchdog has updated its flagship Guide to Data Protection and advised that all previous versions are disregarded. Ben Dunham reports.
Misleading financial promotions can fall within the remit of both the Financial Conduct Authority and the Advertising Standards Authority. This MoU provides a framework for co-operation and co-ordination between the two bodies. Sadie Alo reports.
The “CPP” was formed in 2012 and includes the CMA, the FCA and Trading Standards. Its new strategic priorities report identifies detrimental marcoms practices that will be on enforcers’ hit lists in the year ahead. Stephen Groom reports.
