Trademark As Bait in Adwords
am 27.10.2007 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. The use of trademarks in metatags of web sites and in adword advertising on search engines has led to many court decisions in Germany. The issue is settled for trademarks in metatags because the Supreme Court in Karlsruhe ruled such use improper. For adword advertising, confusion reigns. A new Cologne decision published by Telemedicus approves of such use because the customer using at search results does not connect the search results with …
Perfume Trademarks
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / HG - Washington. According to Section 19 of the German Trademark Statute, Markengesetz, a trademark owner may demand information from any infringer of the trademark about the origin and distributor of the infringing goods. The Supreme Cour…
FIFA Wins Trademark Dispute
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / MAG - Washington. The German federal patent court in Munich ruled on August 3, 2005 that corporate users of its soccer world cup trademark, such as food manufacturer Ferrero--which had lodged a complaint against FIFA, the world body govern…
Winnetou at Intersection
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Winnetou, a fictional character in Karl May novels, often stood at the intersection of good and evil. Carolin Schosser and Julia Gehrke place him at the intersection of copyright and trademark law. Their article Winnetour Ret…
Freight from China: IP Liability
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A freight forwarder is not contributorily liable, under German trademark law, for the violation of trademarks by simply failing to inspect shipped goods for infringement just because they originate in a country known for infr…
Internet Auction and Trademark
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. After a recent change in the law on online provider liability, the German Supreme Court confirmed its prior view on the liability shield for internet service providers in cases of trademark violations committed by their custo…
Hotel Marks in Germany and Spain
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In the matter 33 O 209/03, the Cologne District Court, Landgericht ruled on September 13, 2005 that a German trademark for hotels in Germany is not violated by the same mark used for a hotel in Spain even if the Spanish hotel…
» Berliner, Corcoran&Rowe
» Telemedicus – OLG Köln: Keine Markenrechtsverletzung durch Keywordwerbung, Urteil v. 31.08.2007 Az. 6 U 48/07
© 2004-2008 JuraBlogs | Impressum
