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German trade mark case law laid bare – again

January 20th, 2011 · No Comments

This Kat has been reviewing German trade mark scholar and practitioner Dr Ulrich Hildebrandt’s book Marken und andere Kennzeichen. Already in its second edition the book offers 782 pages of (predominantly) German trade mark law for the reader’s delecta…

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks

After Google France: OLG Braunschweig decides in AdWord case

January 12th, 2011 · No Comments

Keyword advertising (in particular Google AdWords) and trade marks is an ‘evergreen’ topic and one of this Kat’s guilty trade mark pleasures. While we are still awaiting the ECJ decision in the Interflora case, we recently had the first German de…

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks