Mexicans love sugary soda drinks. One soda, Sidral Mundet, contains 60 grams of sugar per 600 gram bottle, but it was the apple content that came to the fore in complaints over Coca Cola’s ads for it. Chloe Dumoulin-Richet reports.
At Osborne Clarke’s 17th “Look Back, Face Forward” marketing law forum on 2 December 2015, Jude King and Stephen Groom made their predictions. Catch their slides here.
The IPO was not impressed by a confusingly named trader sending renewal notices to trade mark and patent owners, demanding more than the IPO’s standard fees. It sued, alleging passing off and trade mark infringement. Varuni Paranavitane reports.
The challenged pack promised “1 package, containing 7 pieces, equivalent to up to 21 orgasms.” Competitor Fair Squared filed for an interim injunction, alleging this was misleading. Stephan Bahner of Osborne Clarke Cologne reports on the court’s decision.
US chain In-N-Out Burger has sued take-out middleman “DoorDash” alleging it is using In-N-Out’s trade marks and selling its food in breach of the chain’s rights. Jamie Heatly reports on a case with interesting implications given the burgeoning takeaway delivery market.
Following a wide review of online advertorials, estimating that online reviews potentially influenced £23bn of consumer spending a year, the CMA is now investigating selective publication of reviews and lack of transparency around those that are published. Ben Poole reports.
Budget airline Ryanair has called on Google to take more action to protect consumers from “lookalike” screenscraper sites. eDreams is one of the sites Ryanair has named, but eDreams denies any wrongdoing. Thomas Spanyol reports.
Following mounting criticism of the current, 2010-published BIS Pricing Practices Guide, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute is consulting on proposed new guidance following input from the Competition and Markets Authority and Which? Claire Temple reports
Amongst many other things the Consumer Rights Act 2015 has replaced the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999. To mark the occasion the Competition and Markets Authority has published new Unfair Contract Terms Guidance. Chloe Deng reports.
The UK’s premium rate telephone line regulator has published an updated General Guidance Note on promoting premium rate services. “Freemium” advertising models feature as does charity fundraising. Ben Dunham reports.
In three recent ASA adjudications, against Timeshare Solutions, Hospital Medical Group and Essex Pamper Parties, customer testimonials were the subject of complaint upheld findings. Thomas Spanyol reports with a reminder of the rules that apply.
Artisan Home Improvements did loft conversions. The trouble was that the loft conversions on their website were Absolute Lofts’ handiwork. Absolute Lofts claimed damages. Sara McDiamond reports on how these were calculated and a bizarre coda to the case.
