Keyword advertising raises interesting questions beyond the run-of-the-mill trademark infringement and unfair competition issues typically discussed. For instance, if a sponsored ad can be clicked in three separate countries, can the Courts of each of those countries take jurisdiction to hear and determine a dispute? The Court of Justice of the European Union has given [...]
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Jurisdiction in Keyword Advertising Disputes After Wintersteiger
October 1st, 2012 
Gareth Dickson 
Posted in trademarks, UK and Europe, vront 
Tags: ECJ, Europe, Google, Internet, jurisdiction, Publications, trade marks, trademarks, UK 
No Comments »Some recent trade mark articles
July 13th, 2012 Gareth Dickson Further to my copyright post here, I’ve set out below a list of recent trade mark articles and quotes, with links where possible. A list of my recent copyright publications is here, and there’s a full list of all publications here. “National Use Neither Proves Nor Precludes Finding of Genuine Use of a Community Trade [...]
Posted in trademarks, UK and Europe Tags: ECJ, Europe, Internet, jurisdiction, trade marks, trademarks No Comments »Some recent copyright articles
July 13th, 2012 Gareth Dickson I haven’t been able to write here for some time, but I have been writing elsewhere. Here’s a list of my recent copyright articles, with links. A list of my recent trade mark publications is here, and there’s a full list of all publications here. “EU Court Ruling Chips Away At Software Copyrights,” quoted, Law [...]
Posted in copyright, North America, UK and Europe Tags: copyright, DMCA, ECJ, Europe, Internet, jurisdiction, second circuit, software, US, YouTube No Comments »
Pinterest’s New Terms Expand Indemnity, Ban Commercial Use, Prevent Users Suing Cold Brew Labs
March 25th, 2012 Gareth Dickson On Saturday, March 24, 2012, Pinterest emailed users to say it was updating its Terms of Service. Make no mistake – this is a pretty significant re-write, and kudos to Pinterest for making both sets readily available so we can compare and contrast them. The “proposed” terms come into effect on April 6, 2012 and [...]
Posted in copyright, North America, social media, UK and Europe, vront Tags: copyright, DMCA, Internet, jurisdiction, Pinterest, second circuit 20 Comments »
Help Us, Copyright; You’re Our Only Hope!
September 15th, 2011 Gareth Dickson As any celebrity – and certain governments and law firms – will tell you, there are risks as well as benefits in being connected to publicly accessible networks. Individuals and collectives such as Wikileaks, Anonymous and LulzSec have embarrassed the US government, the law firm ACS:Law, and now Scarlett Johannson and Jessica Alba by exposing [...]
Posted in copyright, North America, privacy, social media, UK and Europe, vront Tags: copyright, data protection, DMCA, Internet, jurisdiction, photographs, privacy No Comments »Star Wars appeal heard by UK Supreme Court
April 27th, 2011 Gareth Dickson Despite a flurry of comments about epic (even intergalactic) battles between good and evil, Lucasfilm’s copyright appeal against prop designer Andrew Ainsworth has been heard by the UK Supreme Court with very little media coverage. So, in case you missed it, here’s the scoop.
Posted in copyright, North America, UK and Europe Tags: appeals, copyright, Internet, jurisdiction, justiciability 1 Comment »
