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IP Lab Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fashionista was troubled to see Diesel putting in an appearance at the European Court of Justice this week in their ten-year quest to stop economy retail outlet Makro selling 'Diesel' footwear to which, the company says, it did not give its blessing.
IP Lab Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Happy midweek, everyone! As the count-down to the weekend begins, the Kats remain busy enough, gathering up some choice offerings for you and trying their very best to come up with some fresh insights. European trade mark organisation MARQUES is now tweeting. You can follow MARQUES on Twitter here . To follow the progress of the Digital Economy Bill in the United Kingdom, all you have to do is click...
Secret Tenerife (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Brits entitled to a refund on property sold in Spain before 2007? : A long-awaited ruling by the European Court of Justice means that Britons who sold property in Spain before 2007 and paid 35% in capital gains tax to the Spanish government could be eligible for a…
Airline News & Opinions (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Air passengers suffering from flight delays of more than three hours will receive cash compensation from airlines according to the European Court of Justice. Under the new regulation, passengers delayed for more than three hours will be paid €600 (£542). However, airlines do not have to offer compensation if flights are cancelled or delayed due to [...]
Obesity and the Salt Connection (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) has informed the UK’s food regulator, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), that the proposed ban on particular vitamin and mineral food supplements from 1 January 2010 flies in the face of the European Court of Justice ruling on the ANH’s case in 2005. Read press release on the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) website (UK)
Holidaysafe Travel Insurance Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Air travellers whose flights arrive at their destinations three hours late or more are now eligible for compensation. Yesterday, the European Court of Justice ruled that the damage sustained by air passengers in cases of long delay is comparable with that of cancellation. The Court said: “There is no justification for treating passengers whose flight is delayed any differently when they reach...
Aviation Now (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The European Court of Justice has ruled that delays could cost airlines between EUR 250 and EUR 600.
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Bulgaria is likely to be taken to the European Court of Justice over the inadequate waste management infrastructure in the capital Sofia two years after the European Commission launched an infringement procedure on the issue. A decision to this effect is expected to be taken in Brussels on Friday. Sofia's failure to improve its waste management infrastructure was one of the six issues on which the...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
AIRLINES WILL have to pay compensation to passengers who experience delays of more than three hours following a ruling from the European Court of Justice yesterday.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that airline passengers confronted with flight delays of two hours or more may receive compensation equal to that of passengers whose flights are cancelled. The flat-rate compensation ranges between 250 and 600 euros. The case arose under European Parliament and European Council Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004, which sets forth rules for compensation...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Britons who sold their Spanish holiday homes in the past 12 years could claim tax rebates worth thousands of pounds after a ruling by the European Court of Justice.
Tenerife News Online (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled in a landmark legal case that the Spanish government has illegally overcharged non Spanish residents Capital Gains Tax (CGT) by 133% from 1997 up until December 2006.
e-clipsblog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Royal Mail has been told that it will soon be forced to begin charging valued added tax (VAT) for many of its services, but not on direct mail because its delivery is price-controlled and subject to regulation. The decision on VAT by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) follows a ruling by the European Court of Justice [...]
Wheat & Weeds (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Lithuania passed a law which prohibits promotion of “homosexual, bisexual, polygamous relations” among children under the age of 18. So the EuroParliament condemned the law; submitted a complaint to the EU Agency For Fundamental Rights; and tried to have Lithuania suspended from the EU. Lithuania, however, ain't taking that lying down: The just-passed Lithuanian response seeks to have the...
MEMORY PALACE (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
RECENT CASE-LAW - Results tags : adwords, trade marks Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (England and Wales), Chancery Division, made on 12 August 2009 - Interflora Inc, Interflora British Unit v Marks & Spencer plc, Flowers Direct Online Limited (Case C-323/09) According to IPKAT: No-one ever died of a question but, the IPKat says, there are an awful lot of questions...
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aarkstore | 10/21/2009
Very little in the pricing environment in Europe is predictable to pharmaceutical companies and only rarely is much notice given of change. But before the end of 2009, if the European Court of Justice accepts the arguments put to it forcefully by the European Commission and by DocMorris, revolutionary reform among industrys main customer group, the community pharmacist, in several of the main countries,...
giuko | 09/22/2009
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has issued today its opinion on the Google v. Louis Vuitton case which related to the possibility to consider the use by Google, in its advertising system "AdWords" of a keyword corresponding to a third party's registered trade mark as an infringement of that trade mark. The Advocate General held that: - the selection by AdWords customers of a keyword
aarkstore | 09/17/2009
Very little in the pricing environment in Europe is predictable to pharmaceutical companies and only rarely is much notice given of change. But before the end of 2009, if the European Court of Justice accepts the arguments put to it forcefully by the European Commission and by DocMorris, revolutionary reform among industrys main customer group, the community pharmacist, in several of the main countries,...
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