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Case Watch Law Articles
The recent High Court hearing regarding ex England football captain John Terry has received constant media speculation regarding the law of privacy in the UK.
A case involving a group of wedding singers and their booking agents is set to trigger the Supreme court to consider what consitutes 'fair comment'.
Research in Motion Limited v Motorola Inc, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court, London, UK, 03 February 2010, Case No. [2010] EWHC 118 (Pat).
Clarification to Article 7 of the Trade Mark Directive: exhaustion of rights.
Men at Work have been ruled to have infringed the copyright of a children's campfire song.
An important copyright infringement case has been heard in the land down under.
The ASA have upheld Olympic medal winning cyclist Emma Johansson's complaint about her being used in a bicycle chain advertisement.
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Trademarks Law Articles
We often get asked how to protect a domain name so that a third party cannot launch a similar domain name on the internet.
It has been reported this week that Apple may be headed for a dispute over the name of its newest release - the iPad.
The long running dispute between Lego and Mega Brands over the registrability of a photograph of a Lego brick rumbles on. The case is now with the ECJ and we await a decision.
As if the iPad hadn't drawn enough flak from negative reviews, Apple's recent new flagship product now finds itself on the wrong end of a potential trademark dispute.
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has hired top design consultants to 'rebrand' London at a cost of £500,000, creating a new image and logo for the capital.
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Commercial Law Articles
A must read if you are considering selling or leasing a commercial property
An overview of Sub-leasing a property
The holdiay period for the Zero bracket was over from the 1st January 2010
A good overview of the essential term of any sale of goods contract
Warren Buffett speakes out against the deal with Kraft.
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Information Technology Law Articles
Customer data in this context means data relating to living individuals who can be identified from that data, for example, the person's name, address or job title.
Glasgow's Southern General Hospital put pictures of operations on patients.
Nominet disconnects over 1200 websites based only on police claims alone.
Alan Ellis owner of Oink music sharing website did not commit a fraud.
ISPs could be exempt from speech hate charges under the Electronic Commerce Directive.
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Patents/Designs Law Articles
Patent litigation in the courts in the UK, and resulting licensing. Nokia, Kodak and other high tech licenses.
An opening shot on whether the patent system and the licensing that greases its wheels is a good thing for society.
Registered Designs protect 'the appearance of the whole or a part of a product'. This includes, in particular 'the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture or materials of the product or its ornamentation.'
Biogen and products-by-process. Generics v Lundberg.
Last year in the patent courts - insufficiency and Biogen. Generics v Lundberg.
Last year in the patent courts - section 40, employee contributions
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Copyright Law Articles
This article looks at how to find the holder of a work protected by copyright
More controversy over this unpopular Bill
Important Austrlian case pleases UK internet firms on file sharing concerns
Beware DJs! A look at DJs using samples of music in their tracks and how this could be copyright infringement
A look at Copyright Law on Music and songs
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Media Law Law Articles
The High Court ruled last week that an injunction placed on a Sunday Newspaper preventing the publication of claims about England Captain John Terry's private life was unnecessary and disproportionate.
Lord Justice Jackson, a Court of Appeal judge has released a thourough review of the funding of civil litigation in England and Wales.
Kate Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William, has a history of trouble with the press.
Kate Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William, has made a complaint about a press photographer regarding photographs of her playing tennis on a Duchy of Cornwall tennis court.
Articles 8 and 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998 deal with the interrelation between the public and personal spheres.
The public have a right to know, the private has a right to remain so. Balancing human rights.
The Human Rights Act 1998 is often quoted in media law cases.
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Litigation Law Articles
There has been a huge amount of publicity concerning the legal costs in defamation proceedings. The British Government has now reported on it with the Ministry of Justice publishing a consultation paper on controlling costs in defamation proceedings.
For insolvency, what is the meaning of 'business day'?
Rules on striking out a statement of case.
This article provides a detailed analysis of the appeal process in England and Wales. Explaining with particular reference to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1071) (the Destination of Appeals Order), PD 52, para. 2A.1, and the Appellate Jurisdiction Acts 1876 and 1887. If you are thinking about submitting an appeal: this article should be your first port of call.
This article provides an explanation and discussion of the common errors associated with the interpretation of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, specifically rules 2.8 to 2.11 on the calculation of time periods. In short this is a must read!
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Employment Law Law Articles
The Court of Appeal, in the case of Chagger v Abbey National Plc (2009) has held that discriminated employees are entitled to receive 'stigma damages' to reflect the unfortunate fact that they will struggle to find new employment.
Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has annouced increases in certain statutory payments.
This article looks at the requirements that an employee must satisfy in order to receive a redundancy payment.
Britain's Got Talent contestant, Emma Czikai, has lodged a discrimination claim with an employment tribunal following her treatment by the Judges on the show.
This article highlights some of the new employment law legislation which is to be introduced in 2010.
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