Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access originally published online on June 19, 2008
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2008 3(8):496-498; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpn107
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Google AdWords, keywords, metatags: a view from one German Higher Regional Court
Rechtsassessorin
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt (Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main), Case 6 W 17/08, 26 February 2008
The Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt has decided that using a competitor's trade mark as a keyword (AdWord) in an internet search engine does not amount to trade mark infringement if the search result is clearly recognizable as an advertisement.
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