“Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner is investigating advertising technology company Phorm over a deal it has cut with the UK’s top internet service providers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Parents of a heroin addict are to take legal action against the British National Party (BNP) for using a picture of their dead daughter.”
BBC News, 10th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Yahoo! did not infringe a businessman’s rights by displaying adverts for other companies when users entered his trade marks as search terms. The High Court dismissed a lawsuit against the web giant as being ‘totally without merit.'”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Web users are up in arms over what they see as an invasion of privacy by a company that will track surfing patterns to serve targeted ads.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government has denied that the term ‘buy one get one free’ is under threat from new legislation, despite a major retail industry body warning that it was about to be outlawed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th March 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Regina (The Infant and Dietetic Foods Association Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health; WLR (D) 68
“The reference to ‘products’ in art 18 of the Commission Directive 2006/141/EC on Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae was not limited to the compositional elements of the formulae but also covered packaging and labelling, with the result that the prohibition on trade in products which did not comply with the Directive was to have effect from 31 December 2009.”
WLR Daily, 3rd March 2008
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.
“Gambling and betting companies are abiding by new liberalised rules that have allowed them to advertise on TV for the first time, according to the first compliance report published by the advertising regulator. The Advertising Standards Authority said the compliance report’s findings vindicated its system of self-regulation for gambling ads.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An adviser to the Europe’s highest court recommended it reject a complaint by British phone company O2 against a rival that used its bubbles logo in a television advertising campaign.”
The Times, 31st Janaury 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers are threatening to change the law to stop supermarkets advertising beer and wine at bargain prices in a bid to tackle the epidemic of binge drinking sweeping Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A leaflet produced for a fashion and home catalogue has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for encouraging women to get into debt.”
BBC News, 9th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Financial Services Authority came under fire yesterday after refusing to name 19 firms that were preying on consumers with misleading online advertising.”
The Times, 29th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Renault has withdrawn an ad over fears that its use of the term ‘the N-word’ could cause offence.”
The Independent, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Kommunikationsbehörde Austria v Österreichischer Rundfunk
“The offer by a TV broadcaster to viewers to participate in a prize game by immediately dialling a premium rate telephone could constitute ‘teleshopping’ and ‘television advertising’ within Directive 89/552.”
WLR Daily, 22nd October 2007
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.
“The Information Commissioner will no longer regulate the use of Bluetooth mobile technology, prompting fears of a wave of ‘bluetooth spam.’ ”
Out-Law.com, 8th October 2007
Source; www.out-law.com
“A clampdown on fake and exaggerated ‘green’ claims has been launched by Britain’s advertising watchdog after a flurry of complaints about unsubstantiated environmental boasts by some of the world’s best-known companies.”
The Times, 8th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Childline leaflet referring to child abuse broke advertising rules by failing to make clear it was marketing material, a watchdog has ruled.”
BBC News, 12th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The world’s 500 biggest companies have all fallen victim to typosquatting. OUT-LAW research has found that the fast-growing trend of making ad money from web domains similar to famous brands affects all the world’s biggest firms.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th August 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Online gambling companies based outside of the European Economic Area are to be banned from advertising in the UK. The Gambling Act will be used to bar the advertising of over 1,000 websites.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th august 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The government’s central advertising body, the Central Office of Information, has reportedly tightened up its web advertising guidelines following last week’s row over major brands advertising alongside contentious content on Facebook.”
The Guardian, 6th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Some of the world’s leading food manufacturers have begun marketing to children on social networking websites and internet chat programs.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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