Food labeling and advertising continue to be the focus of warnings – more and more warnings have been given, among other things, because of the lack of basic prices. Copyright was primarily about text and image theft. The brand warnings remain at a consistently high level in March.
Warnings from competition law
The competition law dealt with the following topics, among others:
- Health-related advertising: “Fatburner/Detox”
- Biocidal products: Missing warning
- Missing basic prices / missing list of ingredients / missing information on the food business operator
- Kitchen knives: Misleading indications of origin
- Instantaneous water heater: Missing installation information
You can find more information on the warning points mentioned above here.
Misleading designation: jam / advertising: BIO / missing information food business
Further information on the aforementioned warning point can be found here.
- Misleading: commercial instead of private
- Rucksack: Achievement protection under competition law
- Health Advertisement: Barley Grass Extract
- Packaging law: lack of registration
Further information on the aforementioned warning points can be found here.
– Prohibited email promotions
Further information on the aforementioned warning point can be found here.
Warnings from trademark law
One would almost like to say that the trademark warning is the new warning under competition law. In any case, the warning level in trademark law has been high for some time – this month it was about the following brands:
– “SPINNING”
Further information on the warning of the aforementioned brand can be found here.
– “PanzerGlass”
Further information on the warnings of the aforementioned brand can be found here.
– “Don’t get angry”
Further information on the warnings of the aforementioned brand can be found here.
Further information on the warning of the aforementioned brands can be found here.
Other warnings
Otherwise there were a few copyright warning in connection with image and text theft.
You can find more information about this here and here.
Tip for clients of the IT law firm
Clients of the IT law firm can be found in the Client portal a detailed compilation of the most frequently warned terms in advertising and the classic warnings themselves.
And by the way: The IT law firm has also made the radar mobile – and informs about important warning topics via a separate app by means of push messages. The warning radar app can be obtained here:
The app is of course free to use.
Tipp: Do you have any questions about the contribution? Feel free to discuss this with us in the
Entrepreneur group of the IT law firm on Facebook.
Felix Barth
Lawyer and specialist lawyer for commercial legal protection / partner management