High Court considers copyright protection in software, SAS v WPL
The High Court has delivered an important decision about rights in software and in compilations, and what will amount to copyright infringement of the same. |
Jailbreaking, the new US fair use exceptions
In the latest review of the fair use exemptions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the US Library of Congress and the Register of Copyrights have extended the list to include, inter alia, "jailbreaking" of mobile phones. |
Henry triumphs - passing off bolsters vacuum cleaner design case
Numatic succeeded in its action for passing off against Qualtex, who intended to launch a new vacuum cleaner in the UK which was very similar to Numatic's Henry range of vacuum cleaners. |
How to protect computer games, UK Court prevents evasion of Nintendo technological protections
The English Court has granted summary judgment to Nintendo on claims under the circumvention of copy-protection provisions in the Copyright Designs and Patents Act.
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Making threats of trade mark infringement in Spain may be actionable in the UK, a salutary tale
The High Court has dismissed an action brought by Best Buy for unlawful threats of trade mark infringement proceedings. |
More Adword fallout, the Portakabin case
The ECJ has given a further ruling, following its decision in the Google/Louis Vuitton case, on the question of whether use of a third party's trade mark (and misspelled variants of the mark) as an internet search engine keyword is capable of amounting to trade mark infringement. |
UK Economy needs IP Tsar
The Government needs to take action to understand IP and the role important it plays in the UK economy. |
The YouTube/Viacom Decision: A Victory for Internet Service Providers (for the time being)
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has decided that it is rights owners who bear the burden of policing online copyright infringements, not ISPs. |
Harbottle & Lewis successfully defends The Sunday Times in the High Court
A claim to $18million in damages made by the estate of Jimi Hendrix against the newspaper has been rejected by the English High Court in its 111-page written judgment. |
IP Annual Review
Changes in IP have come thick and fast over the last year. In a series of two seminars Mark Owen, Shireen Peermohamed and Andy Millmore will aim to put it all into context and to explain how the overall picture is evolving. To find out more, please e-mail Julia Weiss. |
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