27 Mar, 2023 Europe - Will An EU trademark Be Registered If It Contains 'F*cking'? By Maarten Haak Should a mark including the particle 'fucking' be registered as a trademark? Or is such sign contrary to accepted principles of morality?...
02 Sep, 2024 Don't put your foot in it. Avoid Hike's well-trodden advertising slip-ups. By Brinsley Dresden The ASA has recently considered complaints about three Facebook ads for HIKE footwear. The issues concerned claims about a money back...
09 Feb, 2021 18+ Markings for Products with Rainbow Themes By Baran Güney Hande Hançar The Advertisement Board unanimously rendered last November a very criticized decision where the Board set forth a new principle regarding...
05 May, 2023 Advertisements Required to Include +18 Markings By Hande Hançar Baran Güney The Advertisement Board recently rendered a highly controversial decision concluding that the promotions published by a fashion company...
09 Dec, 2022 SodaStream: CJEU on Exhaustion of Trademark Rights in Refilled and Relabeled Gas Bottles By Maarten Haak Can one refill a refillable SODASTREAM carbonated gas bottle and put one’s own label on it, while the engraved brand SODASTREAM also...
29 Aug, 2022 Nutri-Grade Labelling Requirement Extended To Drinks Outlets Offering Freshly Prepared Drinks With High Sugar and Saturated Fat Content By End-2023 By Denise Mirandah Following the requirement for pre-packed beverages to be labelled with a Nutri-Grade mark from 30 December 2022, the Singapore government...
15 Oct, 2024 ELON and ELTON: Trademark Conflict or Not? By Maarten Haak Finally another decision that simply assumes a likelihood of confusion. The EUIPO Board of Appeal grants the opposition by the earlier...
05 Nov, 2019 The General Court confirms the cancellation of the EUTM consisting of the shape of the Rubik’s Cube By Peter Marciš In 1999, the cube shape of the iconic Rubik's Cube was registered as a three-dimensional European Union Trade Mark (EUTM). This EUTM was...
08 Apr, 2024 ‘Made in Ukraine’ Trademark. First Public Collective Trademark? With Cashback By Oleg Klymchuk According to Article 8 of the Ukrainian Advertising Law, it is expressly forbidden to misleading use or imitate the State Flag of Ukraine...
25 Mar, 2024 The Romanian DSA Law Becomes Applicable Starting Today By Elena Stan The DSA gets a local touch as Romanian Law 50/2024 on DSA implementation becomes applicable starting today In Romania, starting 22 March...
26 Aug, 2024 Selling Products in Quebec? The Charter of the French Language now has updated regulations By Alexandre Ajami In Miller Thomson's January 30, 2024 article, we reported on the publication of a draft regulation (the “Draft Regulation”) to amend the...
10 Oct, 2024 Its Black History Month, so let's revisit the question of representations of race in advertising. Has anything changed? By A.J. Wynter It's Black History Month again, so it's a good time to revisit the issue of representations in advertising. Four years ago, to mark Black...
18 Oct, 2023 Canada Introduces New Voluntary AI Code By Kelly Harris Canada has taken a significant stride in the regulation of artificial intelligence (“AI”) with the introduction of the Voluntary Code of...
18 Jul, 2024 New Rules for Content Ratings in Television Programs By Hande Hançar Baran Güney Amendments to the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of Media Services ("Regulation") introduced new rules regarding the content...
21 Mar, 2023 With Expanded Coverage in the Middle East and Africa, GALA Now Covers 100+ Countries By Jeff Greenbaum At the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance 21st annual meeting, held today, we announced that with the recent expansion of our coverage...
11 Dec, 2024 Trump Picks Ferguson to be Next FTC Chair By Jeff Greenbaum President-Elect Donald J. Trump announced that he is picking FTC Commissioner Andrew N. Ferguson to be the next Chair of the Federal...