| Copyright Infringement |
Swedish prosecutors have filed charges of copyright infringement against a piracy website, claiming it is profiting from the trade in illegal downloads. |
| Rape Case |
A victim of rape whose attacker, Iorworth Hoare, subsequently went on to win UKP7 million on tne National Lottery has this morning been given permission to sue her attacker for compensation. |
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| Designs, Logos |
In a recent case the question arose as to the extent to which a manufacturer can claim a monopoly over a particular design by registration as a trade mark. |
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| Bit Torrents |
A website which helped users exchange 'bit-torrents' of films, music and television programmes has lost a US copyright case. |
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| Trade Marks - Ikea |
Inter-Ikea Systems BV v OHIM, 16 January 2008. |
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| Bank Case |
A High Court Judge, Mr Justice Andrew Smith will today and tomorrow review legal submissions from some of the top lawyer's in the country over fees that banks have imposed on consumers who have exceeded their overdraft limits. |
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| Fast Track |
Today Lord Triesman, Intellectual Property and Quality Minister announced a new fast track service for trade mark applications |
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| Trademarks, Designs, Logos |
The Trade Marks Act (TMA 1994), the Directive and the Regulation contain parallel provisions. The TMA 1994 must, so far as possible, be interpreted in accordance with the Directive, and the relevant provisions of the Directive conform to those of the Regulation.Community trade marks are governed by the Regulation. It is convenient and appropriate, therefore, in the present case to refer principally to TMA 1994 (for the UK Mark) and the Regulation (for the CTM), with reference to the Directive only where necessary. |
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| Passing Off |
The law of passing off can be summarised as follows no man may pass of his goods as those of another. |
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| Ikea |
Inter-Ikea Systems BV v OHIM, 16 January 2008. |
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| Patents Become Cheaper |
Gaining the protection of a patent looks set to become even cheaper in May this year. |
| Microsoft Bluff |
The Washington Post has an interesting article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020401016.html about Microsoft's defence of their patents. |
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| Patents - Inventive? |
For a patent to be registrable it must involve an inventive step. |
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| Data Protection Principles |
The Data Protection Act 1998 is the governing legislation for data protection |
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| How to Protect a Domain Name |
The simplest and most effective method of protecting your domain name is to register a trade mark |
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| Hate groups on social networking sites |
Social networking forums have interested media lawyers, who warn that many postings may be leaving sites such as Facebook and MySpace open to libel actions due to a growing number of “ hate pages” such as Facebook's "I hate BT" |
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| Microsoft Launches Take-over Bid of Yahoo |
Microsoft has launched a $44.6bn (£22.4bn) bid for internet rival Yahoo in a deal to rival market leader Google. Microsoft, which came late to the internet advertising market, is offering Yahoo shareholders $31 a share in a combination of cash and its own stock. |
| U2 Against Piracy |
The manager of famous rock band U2 has called for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to help bring about an end to illegal music downloads. |
| Libel on the Internet |
If the words published on-line are defamatory, the author and publisher can be sued as in other areas of the press. |
