Birgit Clark's publications

England and Wales Patents County Court: Bloße Ähnlichkeit der Bildgestaltung genügt für Bildverletzung (GRURPrax, February 2012, 4/2012)

Going bananas? Bundesgerichtshof decides Bananabay II (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, February 2012, pp. 84-86)

Send me no flowers? CJEU decides in INTERFLORA AdWords case (LL&P, December 2011, pp. 5-6)

Odysseus between Scylla and Charybdis? The ECJ rules in L'Oréal v eBay (with Maximilian Schubert) (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, December 2011, pages 880-888)

More AdWords and the ‘Google/shop assistant’ analogy (with Maximilian Schubert) (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, September 2011, pp. 602-604)

No fairy tale ending for Neuschwanstein trade mark (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, August 2011, pp. 517 - 520)

High Court of England and Wales (Chancery Division): „Knebelverfügungen“ zum Schutz des Privatlebens von Prominenten (GRURPrax, June 2011, p. 242)

The chocolate menagerie: the General Court decides on bunny, reindeer and mouse shapes (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, June 2011, pp. 361-364)

‘Wintersteiger'—Austrian Supreme Court refers jurisdiction question in AdWord cases to the ECJ (with Maximilian Schubert) (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, May 2011, pp. 288-290)

Stepping on toes: General Court refuses registration of Hallux mark (ITMA Review, April 2011, pp. 29 - 31)

Bundesgerichtshof decides in Hartplatzhelden.de case (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, April 2011, pp. 221-222)

AdWords and Resellers: ECJ decides in Portakabin case (LL&P, December 2010, pp. 9 -10)

diegesellschafter.de - case comment (ITMA Review, December 2010, pp. 16 - 18)

Case comment Intellectual Property: "Vorsprung durch Technik" (with Jeremy Phillips) (The Journal of British Business Law, Issue 4 2010, pp. 371-373)

Bananabay or Eis.de — the ‘overlooked' German AdWord referral (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, September 2010, pp. 620-622)

Google Image Search does not infringe copyright, says Bundesgerichtshof (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, August 2010, pp. 553-555)

AdWords here, there and everywhere: The ECJ decides in French, Austrian and German AdWord referrals (LL&P, July 2010, pp. 2-3 )

ECJ decides in French Google AdWord referrals: more seek than find? (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, July 2010, pp. 477-480)

Airdsl - BGH clarifies protection of domain names as "work titles" (Intellectual Property Magazine, May 2010, pp. 42-43)

BergSpechte – the ‘forgotten’ AdWord case (ITMA Review, May 2010, pp. 19 - 20)

The Protection of Posthumous Works under the German Copyright Act: Motezuma's revenge? (Entertainment Law Review, Issue 3 2010, pp. 116 - 117)

Bundesgerichtshof decides in the Opel/Autec toy car case (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, April 2010, pp. 212 - 213)

'Best Buy' not distinctive enough for registration (ITMA Review, March 2010, pp. 12 - 13)

VIAGRA vs STYRIAGRA (Trademark World, February 2010, pp. 18 - 19)

World Cup trade mark dispute: 1-0 says the German Federal Supreme Court (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, February 2010, pp. 81 - 82)

Centrixx versus senisxx hinges on how Germans pronounce fantasy words (ITMA Review, January/February 2010, pp. 17 - 19)

Exclamation mark is not a trade mark, says the CFI! (ITMA Review, December 2009, pp. 19 - 20)

News comment: The Estate of Jim Morrison a/k/a Lou and Pearl Courson v Rick Sentieri, Communication Services Group (Entertainment Law Review, Issue 7 2009, pp. N-50 - N51)

In Dubio Pro Arte? No Ban for the Film ‘Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex’ (Entertainment Law Review, Issue 5 2009, pp.178 - 182)

Germany: Recent decisions by the German Federal Supreme Court (LL&P, July 2009, p. 11)

Bundesgerichtshof refers AdWord question to the ECJ (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, June 2009, pp. 396 - 398)

Hooray for Hollywood? (No) trade mark protection for Marlene Dietrich's Image (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, May 2009, pp. 314 - 316)

Afilias.de: no protection of earlier domain name registration? (Trademark World, April 2009, pp. 21 - 22)

Princess Caroline: German Federal Supreme Court Again Considers the Lawfulness of the Publication of a Celebrity Photograph (Entertainment Law Review, Issue 3 2009, pp. 107 - 111)

Ban on the 'real life horror movie' Rohtenburg upheld (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, March 2009, pp. 161 - 164)

Gesundheit! Some recent decisions by the German Federal Supreme Court (LL&P, February 2009, p. 10)

ECJ clarifies dilution test for owners of well-known brands (with Felicity Hide) (Managing Intellectual Property, February 2009, pp. 28 - 30)

Knut, Flocke, and Co: the bear facts revealed - Festive Feature Article (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, December 2008, pp. 764 - 774)

'Cool Water' and 'Icy Cold': comparative advertising for perfume imitations through the use of allusive product names (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, November 2008, pp. 688 - 690)

'Google AdWords', keywords, metatags: a view from one German Higher Regional Court (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, August 2008, pp. 496 - 498)

Parallel imports, repackaging of pharmaceuticals, and the forfeiture defence under Article 242 of the German Civil Code (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, May 2008, pp. 281 - 283)

Freedom of art v personality rights: ban upheld on the real life novel Esra (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, April 2008, pp. 221 - 224)

German Federal Supreme Court: no exclusive rights in the descriptive word ‘Kinder’ (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, March 2008, pp. 154 - 156)

Grossbritannien: Einführung eines beschleunigten Anmeldeverfahrens im Markenrecht (GRUR International, March 2008, pp. 267 - 268)

English ‘fantasy words’ in the mind of the German: what has art got to do with advertising? (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, January 2008, pp. 10 - 12)

Grossbritannien: Änderungen im Markenrecht (GRUR International, December 2007, pp. 1053 – 1054)


Die Begrenzung des strafrechtlichen Schutzes der Ehre: durch die Meinungsfreiheit (Art. 5 I GG), die Kunstfreiheit (Art. 5 III GG) und die Wahrnehmung berechtigter Interessen (§ 193 StGB), Nomos Verlag Baden-Baden 2004, 363 pages, ISBN 978-3-8329-0722-8