High Court orders that The Pirate Bay should be blocked
The High Court recently ruled that both the operators and users of The Pirate Bay file-sharing website were guilty of infringing copyright. That ruling came in response to an application by a number of...
View ArticleThe game’s up for betting company as football administering bodies...
The claimants were involved with administering professional football in Great Britain and obtaining data about matches and marketing that data. The data included goals, scorers, penalties, yellow and...
View ArticleWeb site operator successfully sued for unknowingly infringing copyright by...
The owner of copyright in a photo has successfully sued a web site operator where that operator used the photo without the copyright owner’s permission. This was despite the web site operator not...
View ArticleSweet Squared digs its nails in and gets under Lumos’ skin in passing off...
Lumos Skincare (Lumos) operated a skincare products distribution business under the trade mark “Lumos”. Sweet Squared and the other businesses against which Lumos issued proceedings (SS) distributed...
View ArticleICO’s Google Street View investigation back on the road
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reopened an investigation into Google’s Street View service. The initial investigation was looking into the alleged unlawful collection of personal...
View ArticleIndustry should develop new rules on standards to prevent patent abuses, EU...
The European Commission’s Competition Commissioner has called for changes in the law to prevent the misuse of standard patents. Standard patents are often agreed to allow a single technology to be used...
View ArticleIPO publishes responses to copyright reform consultation
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published the responses to a consultation it launched at the end of 2011 that related to reform of the UK’s copyright regime. The consultation included...
View ArticleITC rejects ACTA amid push to have it ratified anyway
The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which would require European Union (EU) member states to put in place effective enforcement procedures to deal with counterfeiters, has...
View ArticleUse of name was not “fine” in estate agent’s name
Fine & Country v Okotoks, High Court F&C had registered the “Fine & Country” name and logo as registered UK and European Community trade marks so it could license them to independent estate...
View ArticleSupplementary Protection Certificates – High Court refers questions to be...
Actavis v Sanofi, High Court To the frustration of the parties and judge alike, the High Court has decided to refer particular questions on the interpretation of Article 3(a),(c) and (d) of the...
View ArticleHigh Court sees database rights infringement by ex Sky employee
British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and others v Digital Satellite Warranty Cover Ltd and others, High Court The High Court has ruled that a former employee of Sky took information relating to Sky’s...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal upholds finding of database right joint infringement by website
Football Dataco v Stan James and Sportradar, Court of Appeal In a match that seemingly goes on and on through injury time, extra time and beyond, Stan James and Sportradar have lost an appeal over a...
View ArticleNew copyright laws coming after Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act receives...
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act has finished its passage through Parliament. The Act does a number of things, including changing the copyright landscape. Creative designs manufactured through...
View ArticleInnocent purchaser entitled to deliver up counterfeit goods to trade mark...
Azzurri Communications v International Telecommunications Equipment, Patents County Court C bought handsets with V’s trade marks on from S for re-sale. The handsets were faulty. C sent them to V. V...
View ArticleECJ to decide whether mere Internet browsing is copyright infringement
PRCA v NLA, Supreme Court The Newspaper Licensing Agency managed the intellectual property rights of its members by licensing and collecting fees for making copies of newspaper content. Meltwater...
View ArticleAllen is no mug as he wins the day over Mr Spoon merchandise infringements
Allen v Redshaw, Patents County Court Ian Allen created a puppet show called Mr Spoon on Button Moon, as well as the puppets on the show. Thames Television commissioned seven series involving the...
View ArticleOn yer bike! Assos trade mark infringement claim fails for lack of confusion
Maier v Asos, High Court Maier has an international cycling clothing business and registered a European Community Trade Mark for ASSOS in 2006. Asos is a global online fashion retail business. Maier...
View ArticleCompany vicariously liable for misuse of database by marketing employees
Flogas Britain v Calor Gas, High Court A Flogas employee copied customer details from Flogas’s database while he was employed there and gave it to Flogas’s sales director (Hughes), who later worked for...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal upholds High Court ruling in SAS v WPL case
SAS v World Programming Ltd, Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal has agreed with a High Court decision earlier this year, which in turn followed a European Court of Justice ruling on the protection...
View ArticleISPs ordered to block TV and film streaming sites
Paramount Home Entertainment International v British Sky Broadcasting, High Court SolarMovie and TubePlus provided access to streamed films and television programmes without the authorisation of the...
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