“Regulators have delayed publication of the results of a controversial review of the UK advertising code, which includes proposals that could allow abortion clinics to run TV commercials, until next year after receiving around 4,000 submissions.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Broadcaster Sky should have made sure it could connect all users in time before it heavily promoted its high definition (HD) television service with adverts for its coverage of major rugby and cricket events, the advertising regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“An advert claiming a third runway at Heathrow will not make the airport dirtier or noisier has been ruled ‘misleading’ by the Advertising Standards Authority.”
The Independent, 26th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Advertisers’ choice of keywords to trigger search ads for financial services products and services is regulated in the same way as the content of the ads, UK regulators have warned. They also cautioned firms against sponsoring rivals’ names as keywords.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The OFT is to conduct a market study looking at the impact on consumers from potentially misleading advertising and pricing of goods and services, and is asking interested individuals, businesses and other organisations for their views on the scope of the study.”
Office of Fair Trading, 19th August 2009
Source: www.oft.gov.uk
“Consumer protection watchdog the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will investigate online pricing tactics and internet advertising techniques that mislead consumers, it has said. It will also probe price comparison sites and behavioural advertising.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Internet phone company Skype should not have depicted a video call as being of such good quality in an advert because the experience was not typical, advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Daily Express newspaper tried to dodge advertising rules by publishing adverts and pretending they were normal articles, advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said.”
OUT-LAW.COM, 12th August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Misleading claims that debt can be written off as unenforceable, high pressure selling and cold calling in person will not be tolerated – tough message from Ministry of Justice Claims Management Regulator as 100th company cancelled.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th August 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Supermarket pulls TV ad for ‘flat-pack’ bike after experts say brakes and steering would not work properly.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A tourism campaign depicting the areas of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights as part of Israel has been banned by the advertising watchdog following hundreds of complaints.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ryanair will change the way it advertises its services after being referred to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) by advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A newspaper advertising campaign for ice cream featuring a nun and a priest featuring a young nun and priest about to share a kiss has been banned by the advertising watchdog following complaints that it was offensive to those working in a religious order.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2009
Soure: www.guardian.co.uk
L’Oréal SA and others v Bellure NV and others (Case C-487/07); [2009] WLR (D) 203
“The claimants, producers and marketers of luxury perfumes, were the proprietors in the United Kingdom of well-known trade marks, some in the form of word marks alone, and others being word and figurative marks including a representation of the bottle or packaging for the particular perfume. The defendants, the producer of and two companies which marketed imitations of fine fragrances, offered a range of products some of whose bottles and packaging were generally similar to those of products of the claimants’, although it was common ground that the similarity was unlikely to mislead professionals or the public. The defendant marketing companies provided to their retailers lists which compared the smell of a product of the defendants’ with a product of the claimants’ which was being imitated, in each case identified by reference to the word mark by which the product was known. In trade mark infringement proceedings brought by the claimants, a number of issues arose relating to the interpretation of (i) Council Directive 89/104/EEC on trade marks and (ii) article 3a(1) of Council Directive 84/450/EEC on misleading and comparative advertising as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/55/EC (‘Directive 84/450’), and the Chancery Division of the High Court referred questions thereon to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Online supermarket Ocado could not back up price-matching claims made in its adverts, ad regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said. The company has been told not to repeat its claims while operating the current system.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“An advert that appeared in search engine results to promote an IQ test has been banned by the UK’s advertising watchdog for failing to disclose in the text of the ad that participants would be charged to receive their results.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2009
Source: www.outlaw.com
“A widely-requested European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on keyword advertising may fail to give businesses in the UK and Ireland the legal clarity it would give to the rest of Europe, a High Court judge has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Chippendales, the male erotic dance troupe, has begun legal action to stop a rival group from using its name to promote a new British tour.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Price aggregating websites that want to claim that they compare more suppliers than anyone else must conduct research to make sure it is true and must update that research frequently, the advertising regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Advertising Standards Authority is planning to launch an investigation into banks and building societies which offer accounts that appear to offer good savings rates when in fact they pay little more than zero interest.”
The Observer, 17th May 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
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