Ashurst IP/IT Newsletter - Google victorious in AdWords decision (March 2010)

Ashurst IP/IT Newsletter - Google victorious in AdWords decision as ECJ finds it's not infringing. See more at http://ashur.st/a4Z8lC

The European Court of Justice (the ECJ) has today handed down a landmark decision in the case of Google France & Others -v- Louis Vuitton Malletier & Others, holding that an internet referencing service provider, such as Google, which offers trade marks as keywords for sponsored links, is not itself liable for trade mark infringement.

We discuss the implications of the ruling in the video.

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• Ashurst
• law
• IP/IT
• AdWords
• Google
• trademarks
• ECJ