Google has put an end to its controversial Keyword “Suggestion” Tool after the CJEU ruled that it might not benefit from the exemptions from liability found in the E-Commerce Directive. It also appears to have modified its remaining services to protect the “LOUIS VUITTON” trademark, but continues to allow advertisers to sully other luxury brands [...]
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Google abandons AdWords Keyword “Suggestion” Tool
July 27th, 2010 
Gareth Dickson 
Posted in copyright, social media, trademarks, UK and Europe 
Tags: AdWords, DMCA, ECJ, Europe, Google, Internet, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, software, trade marks, trademarks, UK, US 
1 Comment »Can Recital 42 and Article 14 be reconciled?
July 14th, 2010 Gareth Dickson When the CJEU handed down its decision in Google and Google France vs. Louis Vuitton on March 23, 2010, brand owners were both disappointed and optimistic. Although the Court had held that because Google was not using third parties’ trademarks in its own commercial communications when it was offering them for selection as AdWords (meaning [...]
Posted in copyright, social media, trademarks, UK and Europe Tags: AdSense, AdWords, DMCA, ECJ, Europe, Google, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, trade marks, trademarks, US 1 Comment »Google says sorry after being a little bit evil
May 15th, 2010 Gareth Dickson By the end of April, it was begining to look like Google was turning a corner on what had started out as a potentially difficult year. In Europe, Google was in a high-profile dispute with LVMH, the owner of famous brands such as Moët, Hennessy, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Christian Dior. If the result went the [...]
Posted in data protection, North America, privacy, UK and Europe Tags: AdWords, ECJ, Google, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, New York, second circuit, UK 1 Comment »Google and LVMH both claim victory in landmark ECJ ruling
March 23rd, 2010 Gareth Dickson Despite this morning’s signing into law of a landmark healthcare bill in Washington, and last night’s news that Google has begun redirecting Chinese surfers to its Hong Kong-based search engine, this morning’s ECJ AdWords ruling has received some prominent media reaction on this side of the Pond (although not half as much as there would [...]
Posted in social media, trademarks, UK and Europe Tags: AdSense, AdWords, ECJ, Europe, Google, Internet, Louis Vuitton, LVMH 2 Comments »Posting for the first time
October 9th, 2009 Gareth Dickson It’s been long enough since I last blogged, so I have uploaded WordPress to my site and am going to give it another go. And there’s plenty to write about, especially in New York, from the ambitious Authors Guild vs. Google Book Settlement hearing taking place on 7 October to the recent Appeal in the [...]
Posted in North America, UK and Europe Tags: AdSense, AdWords, Authors Guild, Book Settlement, eBay, ECJ, Google, LinkedIn, Louis Vuitton, LVMH, Tiffany No Comments »
