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- Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (England and Wales), Chancery Division, made on 12 August 2009 - Interflora Inc, Interflora British Unit v Marks & Spencer plc, Flowers Direct Online Limited(Case C-323/09)
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No-one ever died of a question but, the IPKat says, there are an awful lot of questions hanging over European trade mark law right now -- and they've just been added to. On 22 May, in Interflora, Inc. Interflora British Unit v Marks and Spencer PLC Flowers Direct Online Limited [2009] EWHC 1095 (Ch), Mr Justice Arnold (High Court, England and Wales) felt it appropriate to refer a number of questions to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling on the legality of the purchase and use of words including a third party's trade mark as a keyword (see earlier IPKat post here). The final form of the questions was not at that point agreed. The questions for reference have now been posted on the Curia website
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