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M&S has purchased ‘interflora’ as an adword (a Google search for Interflora now displays an advertising link to M&S’ flower delivery service). Does M&S’ use of the word infringe Interflora’s trade mark rights?
The Advocate General has now provided an opinion in the case of Interflora v Marks & Spencer stating that a trade mark owner can forbid the use of a trade mark in such circumstances where the advertising link:
Surprisingly the Advocate General believes that the advertisement may confuse searchers in to believing that M&S is part of the Interflora network. If the court’s hypothetical searchers are so easily confused then adword purchasers will need to select their adverts very carefully.
In a lengthy majority judgment accompanied by two powerful dissenting opinions, the Supreme Court found yesterday that land acquired and held for statutory purposes cannot be registered as a village green where that registration is incompatible with the statutory purpose for which it is held.
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A new online system for probate applications was introduced in early October 2019, which will allow us to process and track applications for grants of probate online.
A recent decision by the Supreme Court in Shanks v Unilever PLC has supported the right for employees to receive compensation for patented inventions if the invention is of ‘outstanding benefit’.
Durant les deux dernières semaines, nous avons connu vu une nouvelle vague d’annonces concernant de grandes enseignes du commerce britannique.
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