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FTC to Rule Blogs Must Disclose Gifts or Pay for Reviews

October 8, 2009

The recent news that the Federal Trade Commission intends to revise the rules from 1st December so as to require bloggers to disclose any connection with advertisers, including, the receipt of free products “Guidelines...

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New Rules of Brand Protection

October 22, 2009

Pondering whether to progress my book writing project by self publishing, or finding a traditional publisher, I came across Seth Godin’s Advice for Authors.  Sound advice indeed.  After further surfing and...

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Guarantees – A powerful sales tool

November 2, 2009

Guarantees reduce the risk for clients who are considering buying your services, and every business should use them.   However, very few business owners are willing to use dramatic Guarantees.

As a buyer, when someone...

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How Web 2.0 Changes the Rules of Brand Protection, and Brand Promotion Introduction

November 3, 2009

As more and more of us participate in forums, take part in Facebook, Linked In, My Space, Twitter and other platforms, or simply write or comment on blogs, it becomes more and more important for us to be aware of what is being...

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Why Web 2.0 Brand Protection Requires Online Brand Promotion

November 3, 2009

In his comment to my blog post ‘New Rules of Brand Protection’ Terry immediately questioned the tentative title I  gave my proposed book.  He suggested ‘protecting brands’ might be...

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Crocs Trade Mark Infringement

Fashionista-at-law reports the trade mark action brought against Crocs by Porsche over use of the name CAYMAN, which is one of Crocs’ best selling brands.

The dispute arises because Porsche has a European Community Trade Mark...

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Facebook Page Vanity URLs

November 23, 2009

In the most recent episode of the Facebook usernames-for-companies saga the organisation has reduced the eligibility requirements to 25 fans.  In our previous discussion of Facebook usernames we noted with interest...

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Food Regulations and Compliance

November 30, 2009

In building an internal market where goods are able to freely move across borders, food became the subject of a number of European regulations. The main regulations passed in 2002 enounce the essential principles to...

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How Web 2.0 Changes the Rules of Brand Protection and Brand Promotion Chapter 1 – Brands: Trade Marks, and Domain Names

December 1, 2009

What is a brand?

‘Brand” is a much bandied about term nowadays, originating from the days when animals were burned with a branding iron to indicate ownership of them.

In another chapter to this book I will be looking...

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Google News and Pay Walls

December 9, 2009

Often people want up-to-date news on a global, regional and local scale. They might even want news tailored to their interests. It is always more reassuring to be given news from multiple sources rather than one, as it gives the...

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Norwich Pharmacal proceedings to reveal source of leak of confidential information to Interbrew – European Court of Human Rights decision in favour of FT & others

December 16, 2009

The Guardian, Times, Reuters Group and others secured a ruling in Strasbourg that they need not comply with UK court orders requiring them to reveal the source behind a leaked copy of a confidential Interbrew...

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Where is my EU trade mark certificate?

December 16, 2009

So you may have made an online application to OHIM and you may be wondering why, after being informed by the EU registry (OHIM) that you’re trade mark has been published, you are still waiting for the certificate in the...

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