Several foreign online vendors of blank data storage media have based their commercial strategy with regards to French consumers on the fact that they are not subject to a specific French Tax. A recent court decision illustrated the fact that providing misleading information on the price of goods or services may result in legal liability not only towards consumers, but also towards competitors.

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The number of legal actions against Google is growing in France. While Google's AdWords service is regularly challenged, lawsuits have also been brought against the Google Image service and, recently, the Google Book programme. For example, the Paris Court of Appeal recently held that Google's AdWords service infringed Louis Vuitton's trademarks and constitued unfair competition and misleading advertising.

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A recent decision of the Paris Court of Appeal may signal a major change in jurisprudence on the procedural question of the jurisdiction of French judges over foreign websites in trademark infringement cases. In the Normalu Case the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that the French courts had no jurisdiction over the alleged infringement of a French trademark by a Lebanese website available in English only, but accessible from France.

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