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Written by Samuel O'Toole on 14 June 2018
The official La Liga Android app has become a scanner for venues that are broadcasting football matches without a licence.
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Johnny Depp is suing the Sun for defamation
Written by Samuel O'Toole on 13 June 2018
Johnny Depp needs no introduction, the American actor, producer and musician has won the Golden Globe Award and been nominated for three Academy Awards, and now, another achievement – suing the Sun newspaper
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Dixons and Carphone Warehouse and GDPR
Written by Michael Coyle on 13 June 2018
The owner of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse only today revealed hackers grabbed the details of 5.9 million customers cards and 1.2 million personal records.
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Brexit news - No more German lager
Written by Michael Coyle on 13 June 2018
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon is to sell more drinks from the UK and non-EU brewers in the run-up to Brexit.
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Final Passage for Pimlico
Written by Michael Coyle on 13 June 2018
Charlie Mullins' Pimlico Plumbers today lost a landmark Supreme Court workers' right case against a self-employed gas engineer. Gary Smith suffered a heart attack in 2011 and having worked since 2005 for Mullins sought benefits such as sick pay.
He was sacked and Mullins claimed ( Big Brexiteer btw) that he was self employed.
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Louboutin red sole success after long-awaited CJEU decision
Written by Ellis Sweetenham on 12 June 2018
The Court of Justice for the European Union has today released its decision in the long battle over the protection of Louboutin’s red sole.
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Red Bull on fire over UKIPO trade mark opposition win
Written by Ellis Sweetenham on 12 June 2018
Red Bull, the energy drink supplier, has sprouted wings and flew away with a victory after successfully opposing a BBQ namesake.
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Prada gets Nada
Written by Mark Reed on 10 June 2018
The EU General Court throws out Trade Mark appeal by Prada after Indonesian Hotel files the word mark ‘The Rich Prada’.
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GCaptain.com begrudgingly concedes in suit over 150-year-old nautical symbol
Written by Mark Reed on 10 June 2018
The international load line symbol that appears on the hull of ships was at the route of a dispute after a seafarer’s merchandising company begrudgingly agreed to remove the age-old symbol when another company disputed that they owned the Trade Mark for the symbol.
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Christian Louboutin red sole judgment will be delivered on 12 June
Written by Samuel O'Toole on 07 June 2018
Louboutin claimed that Van Haren’s red outsole was an infringement of its Benelux trade mark, for a red outsole on shoes
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Trade Marks the basics Part 1
Written by Tristan Trezise on 05 June 2018
Part one of daily Trade Mark guide as referred to in the UKIPO's manual
Enjoy!
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Prick Tattoos v Prick Cactus Shop passing off dispute
Written by Mark Reed on 04 June 2018
A dispute arose between two business claiming the use of the word ‘Prick’ in the title of their shops. Henry Martinez is a tattoo artist and Gynelle Leon is the Director of a company called Prick me baby one more time and has a cactus and other plants shop.
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Oops…. Disney sued by Michael Jackson Estate
Written by Mark Reed on 04 June 2018
Infringement and apparently wilful and intentional according to the estate of Michael Jackson regarding The Last Days of Michael Jackson documentary by ABC.
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Apple's new patent application for portable electronic devices
Written by Mekael Rahman on 04 June 2018
Apple's new patent application pertaining to a cover glass for portable electronic devices has recently been published. The invention is designed to furnish an extra layer of protection and can be applied over the display or over the body of the device.
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Choc slab battle: Hotel Chocolat v Waitrose
Written by Ellis Sweetenham on 24 May 2018
UK based Hotel Chocolat has taken aim at supermarket Waitrose for infringing their IP rights in respect of a new line of chocolate bar products.
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James Arthur and The Script in hit song copyright squabble
Written by Ellis Sweetenham on 24 May 2018
There has been much discussion over recent years in respect of the originality of songs and whether copyright infringement action should be taken against potential copycats, which may have an effect of the creativity of the industry itself.
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GDPR applicable to a blockchain ledger PART 2
Written by Mark Reed on 18 May 2018
The new General Data Protection Regulation is closing in. Its application to blockchain technology is not easy to apply due to blockchain's infancy. Consideration therefore must be given, to see how the data held within a ledger can be regulated if at all.
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GDPR applicable to a blockchain ledger PART 1
Written by Mark Reed on 18 May 2018
The new General Data Protection Regulation is closing in. Its application to blockchain technology is not easy to apply due to blockchain's infancy. Consideration therefore must be given, to see how the data held within a ledger can be regulated if at all.
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Potential cross-border issues in a blockchain network
Written by Mark Reed on 18 May 2018
Are there cross border issues regarding a blockchain network and data protection?
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Stan Lee $1 Billion Name and likeness claim hits POW Entertainment hard
Written by Ellis Sweetenham on 17 May 2018
While you may not instantly recognise Stan Lee’s name, you will certainly be familiar with his work.
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