Cobblers fight over fox and boot logo
Foster's Jermyn Street boot and shoe business had used a fox and boot logo since 1965. So could they stop a competitor launching in the UK in 2005 under a similar, but independently acquired logo? Daisy Jones reports.
055Trial offers with strings irk ASA
Trials of Power Precision muscle formula and Beyond Raspberry Ketone weight loss product led to monthly charges over £69 if punters failed to cancel. Omar Bucchioni reports the ad regulator's verdict on how these "negative option" deals were advertised.
051Excessive payment surcharges now banned
The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012 are now in force. It is no longer possible to charge extra for paying by for example credit card unless certain conditions are fulfilled. See Victoria Gwynedd-Jones' slides.
070Was Talk Talk's free YouView box really free?
Ads for a broadband, TV and phone package featured a set top box wrapped in a ribbon and the words "FREE YouView Box." One complaint queried this because there was a £50 installation fee. Thomas Spanyol reports the ASA's decision.
056OFT finally loses many of its functions and powers
Legislation has been passed which strips the OFT of its consumer advice scheme function and performs major surgery on its consumer enforcement role. Citizens Advice and Trading Standards are "beneficiaries" as Aisling Pringleton reports.
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Court backs Estee Lauder in AVEDA vs DABUR UVEDA tussle
Could an AVEDA trade mark registration for "cleaning preparations" etc baulk registration of DABUR UVEDA for similar products on grounds of likelihood of confusion? Thomas Spanyol reports the Chancery judgment.
2178"How consistent do you think we are?" asks CAP while OC launches its own CAP/ASA consistency survey*
If users think it has been inconsistent, CAP wants to hear about it. What's going on and how can you participate in Osborne Clarke's own consistency survey? Stephen Groom explains.
1139Non UK co challenges ASA jurisdiction
Paul Godber trading as IHH, a Californian business selling from a website hosted in that US state, defended an ASA investigation into pricing issues on the site saying the UK ad rule enforcer had no jurisdiction. Omar Bucchioni reports.
1336Payment method surcharges "above cost" prohibited from April 2013
Topic: Prices Who: HM Government When: 18 December 2012 Where: United Kingdom Law stated as at: 7 January 2013 What happened: In respect of what has always been a controversial issue, the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012 (the "Regulations") have now been signed off. ...
1681ICO publishes Anonymisation Code of Practice
The Information Commissioner's Office has now published the final version of its ground-breaking Anonymisation Code of Practice. Sue Gold analyses and identifies the key points for marketers. Topic: PrivacyWho: The Information Commissioner (ICO)When: 20 November 2012Where: Wilmslow, CheshireLaw stated ...
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Payment method surcharges "above cost" prohibited from April 2013
Topic: Prices Who: HM Government When: 18 December 2012 Where: United Kingdom Law stated as at: 7 January 2013 What happened: In respect of what has always been a controversial issue, the Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012 (the "Regulations") have now been signed off. ...
1681"Parody, caricature and pastiche" copyright carve-outs get green light
For years an EU Directive has allowed member states the option of not allowing copyright holders to sue for parodying their works. Historically the UK has not taken up that option. Until now that is, asMark Smith reports following a ...
0520Could new CAP behavioural rules apply to Connected TV?
When the ASA and CAP announced new rules for third party online behavioural advertising effective 4th February 2013, it may not have occurred to them that the new regime is wide enough to catch apps on connected TVs. John Davidson-Kelly, a ...
0490Winter Olympics Sochi 2014
With the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics just a year away (7 February 2014), it's useful to note that the Sochi organising committee has released English language versions of key Russian anti-ambush marketing legislation and guidance notes. Nick Johnson reports. Topic: ...
0429Kit Kat bar trade mark victory
The four-fingered, three-dimensional shape of the Kit Kat chocolate wafer, created in 1935 at the Rowntree's Yorkshire factory, has been at the centre of a long-running trade mark dispute with Cadbury in the purple corner. Heidi Bernard reports the latest appeal ...
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