European media policymakers have latched onto the term quot;co-regulation.quot; However, despite the term's frequent use, the underlying concept of quot;co-regulationquot; lacks terminological and, more importantly, conceptual clarity. In this article, we will examine the use of the term in the...

The pharmaceutical market in Europe, in its present circumstances, is not organized according to the principles of free trade to which other products are subjected. Under this situation, the owners of trade-marks have tried to develop price and market strategies consistent with their interests...

This Commentary discusses Case C-191/01 P of the European Court of Justice, who refused to allow the Community-wide registration of the trademark DOUBLEMINT. The Court found that the word DOUBLEMINT was descriptive of the characteristics of the gum and in violation of Article 7(1)(c) of...