Lights And Shades on the Future of Keyword Advertising
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Enrique J. Batalla
und María Jesús Sanmartín
Abstract
On 22 September 2009 Advocate General Poiares Maduro issued hisOpinion on Google Adwords in three joined cases. The article presents the factual background of the cases (I.) and examines how the AdvocateGeneral has dealt with the trademark issues involved (II.). Whereas the trademark prong of the AdvocateGeneral’s Opinion seems sound, its prong dealing with webhosting issues appears to raise more questions than it provides answers (III.). The so called “neutrality” requirement which the Advocate General found in Art. 14 of Directive 2000/31 (E-Commerce Directive) is analysed in depth by Ruessmann/Melin in CRi 2009, pp. 161- 165, earlier in this issue.
© 2013 by Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt KG, Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 58, 50968 Köln.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Masthead
- 10.9785/ovs-cri-2009-backmatter30
- Articles
- Ode to the Digital Single Market: And the Google AdWords case plays a part
- Lights And Shades on the Future of Keyword Advertising
- Regulating Social Networking: Lessons from Canada
- Social Networking and Blogging – An Employer’s Perspective
- FTC Presses its Attack on Behavioral Advertising
- Case Law
- Updates
- About the Authors