Ondertussen in Frankrijk
The International Herald Tribune bericht dat “Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods manufacturer, won another round Wednesday in its court battle with the search engine Google to eliminate online ads of competitors or counterfeiters that show up in searches for the well-known French brand.
In a closely watched trademark case, a Paris appeals court issued a ruling that found Google engaged in trademark counterfeiting, a decision that the court said would apply to all of the search engine's sites in more than 130 different countries.
"The consequence is that Google will have to put a system in place to find a global solution for its sites," said Patrice de Candé, a lawyer specializing in intellectual. (…) A spokesman for Google's French unit, said the company had not seen a copy of the full decision and intended to study it before taking action. There is a higher court in France where the decision could be appealed."
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