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    21/03/2024
    United Kingdom

    Proposed UK consumer legislation now clamps down on drip pricing and fake reviews

    The draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the “DMCC Bill”) has recently been amended (on 13 March 2024) following the Report stage in the House of Lords to include measures that prohibit drip pricing and address fake and misleading reviews. The 3rd reading in the House of Lords will take place from 26 March 2024. The updated DMCC Bill now includes prohibitions on drip pricing, a practice that involves adding unavoidable hidden fees to the advertised price of a product or service. As the Government notes, drip pricing can mean consumers are ‘baited’...
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    19/03/2024
    Hongrie

    Hungary adopts new regulations on occupational Safety and Health fines and administration

    The Hungarian parliament recently adopted amendments to certain government regulations on occupational matters, and new government regulations on the detailed rules for the amount and imposition of occupational safety and health (OSH) fines, which entered into force on 1 March 2024. The amendments to the government regulations were necessary to ensure consistency between the legislation.The following article summarises these changes.1. Government Decree No 24/2024 (II.14.) amending certain Government Decrees on employmentAmendment to Government Decree No. 320/2014 (XII.13.) on the designation of...
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    07/03/2024
    England and Wales

    Calvin Klein ad controversy: nudity, empowerment, and untargeted display

    The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has partially reversed its controversial ruling on a Calvin Klein ad featuring singer FKA Twigs, prompting questions about censorship, objectification, and the ever-evolving boundaries of advertising.The posters, displayed in April 2023, featured FKA Twigs wearing an unbuttoned shirt revealing part of her breast and buttocks. In January, the ASA banned the ad, citing concerns that it "centred on FKA Twigs' physical features rather than the clothing" and presented her as "a stereotypical sexual object." This decision sparked widespread criticism, including...
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    04/03/2024
    United Kingdom

    The building blocks of Lego’s registered Community design remain strong

    In a decision likely to be appreciated by design rights holders, the General Court of the European Union (“GC”) confirmed the Lego toy brick’s status as a registered Community design (“RCD”) in its judgment of 24 January 2024 - despite some aspects of the design being dictated by technical function.BackgroundIn 2010, Lego registered an RCD for “Building blocks from a toy building set”.In 2016, relying on Article 25(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (the “Regulation”), German toy company Delta...
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    13/02/2024
    Hongrie

    Hungary makes changes to labour law, occupational health and safety at work

    Hungary has initiated a series of legislative amendments to laws governing labour, occupation health and safety at work, some of which already entered into force on 1 January 2024. Specifically, Hungarian lawmakers passed amendments to Act I of 2012 on the Labour Code, Act IV of 1991 on the Facilitation of Employment and Unemployment Benefits, and Act XCIII of 1993 on Occupational Safety and Health and certain OSH decrees.The following article outlines the changes to labour law in Hungary brought on by these amendments.1. Amendments to Act I of 2012 on the Labour Code and Act IV of 1991 on the...
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    09/02/2024
    Europe

    A messy affair – IP law meets a cat litter tray in Belgian design court ruling

    Introduction In recent weeks, the CMS Design team has been delving into pan-EU enforcement of Community design rights, as well as the scope of copyright “originality” under EU law. In a timely development, the Community Design courts of Belgium have been doing the same – resulting in a judgment concerning registered designs for cat litter trays (SAVIC NV v PLANA S Proizvodnja in Prodaja and PETSOLUTIONS NV, Case No. A/22/02872). Our London and Brussels offices have teamed up to review this case, which makes some helpful findings on the EU design courts’ jurisdiction...
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