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Meta advertising: can the use of meta tags infringe trademark rights?

Written by Sophie den Held on 02 Sep 2019

Who: The Transocean Marine Paint Association (Transocean), Pinturas Eurotex S.A. and Industrias Quimicas Eurotex S.L. (together referred to as: Eurotex) Where: The Netherlands (Court of The Hague; ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:6247) When: 19…
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Advertiser fined for misleading promotion on website

Written by Laura Klein Max Wächter, LL.M. Katrina Anderson Katie Vickery on 02 Sep 2019

Who: Signet Trading Limited Where: UK When: February 2019 Law stated as at: August 2019 What happened: Torfaen County Borough Council prosecuted Signet Trading Limited, which owns H Samuel, for…
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The CMA puts online platforms and digital advertising under the spotlight

Written by Ben Dunham on 02 Sep 2019

Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 6 August 2019 What happened: The CMA has launched an investigation into…
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It’s just emojions misleading us over [laughing tears of joy face]?

Written by Chloe Deng on 02 Sep 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 31 July 2019 Law stated as at: 5 August 2019 What happened: The ASA has released a new guidance note…
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ITV and ASA couple up to give contestants advice on social media ads

Written by TK Spiff on 30 Aug 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and ITV plc (ITV) Where: United Kingdom When: 30 July 2019 Law stated as at: 25 July 2019 What happened: ITV and the ASA…
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Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used

Written by TK Spiff on 30 Aug 2019

Who: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 1 August 2019 What happened: Advertisers and brands will now have to seek…
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Guess what? Commission deems restrictive online search advertising policies to be anticompetitive

Written by Katrina Anderson on 10 Jul 2019

Who: The European Commission, Guess? Inc., Guess? Europe and Guess Europe Sagl (Guess) Where: EU When: 26 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The growing…
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ASA and CAP release Annual Report for 2018: More Impact Online!

Written by Chloe Deng on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 May 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: On 20…
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CMA continues to tackle fake online reviews

Written by Chloe Deng on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 21 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The CMA recently announced that it has…
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CAP bans harmful gender stereotyping in ads

Written by TK Spiff on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 June 2019 Law stated as at: 14 June 2019 What happened: Back in…
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New proposals to “Blacklist” certain advertising practices and impose an obligation on review websites to conduct reasonable checks that reviewers used and paid for products

Written by Katrina Anderson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: European Union Where: EU When: The new law is expected to come into force in early 2022 Law stated as at: 3 May 2019 What happened: The EU is…
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“No Added Sugars” claim not misleading

Written by Marleen Huisman on 04 Jul 2019

Who: Dutch Advertising Code Committee (the ACC), Stichting Foodwatch Nederland (Foodwatch) and HiPP GmbH & Co Vertrieb AG (HiPP) Where: The Netherlands When: 5 March 2019 Law stated as at:…
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Meta advertising: can the use of meta tags infringe trademark rights?

Advertiser fined for misleading promotion on website

Cookie Monster – ICO publishes guidance to remind advertisers how cookies should be used

Guess what? Commission deems restrictive online search advertising policies to be anticompetitive

“No Added Sugars” claim not misleading

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