Archive for September, 2006

Microsoft in the dog house over anti-trust claim in Korea

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

In December 2005, the Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) followed on from other competition law authorities around the world, including in the US and EU, and sought to bring to heel Microsoft, the software...

High Court sets high evidential bar for showing abuse of dominant position by people claiming that they’re charged too much – Ineos Vinyls v Huntsman Petrochemicals, High Court

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

Huntsman agreed to supply chemicals and the use of a pipeline to Ineos under a contract. The parties became embroiled in a dispute and Ineos claimed that certain contractual clauses were invalid on the...

Sony ‘tries it on’ with the Patent Office in patent application for invention that is a ‘program for a computer’ (which is not patentable)

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

Sony Electronics applied for two patents for peer-to-peer electronic communications for users of a communications network. One invention allowed a user to see information of interest by attaching the information...

Apple ‘stops the music playing on and on’ in patent dispute between Apple and Creative by paying out $100 million settlement fee

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

Apple has agreed to pay $100 million to Creative Technology to settle its spat with the MP3 seller based in Singapore. Earlier this year, Creative Technology (one of the first companies to sell MP3...

Premier League and Sky lose copyright battles with ‘Pompey Five’ pub owners for showing football matches from unauthorised satellite channels

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

Premiership football being shown in English pubs is now part of the English landscape but the sound of commentaries in Arabic, Greek or even Czech is certainly not usual. If it is, then you may be in one...

Madonna threatens to sue Dr Dre, Mary J. Blige and Eve for copyright infringement

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

Madonna’s publishing company is threatening to sue Dr Dre, Mary J. Blige and Eve for infringement of copyright in relation to the song ‘Not Today’. They claim that the song is a copy of Madonna’s...

FAST recovers £1.4 million for its members from software piracy in one month

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has recovered £1.4 million from software piracy claims last month. This is the highest figure it has achieved in a single month. In the last six years, it...

Google gets all hot and bothered about the use of ‘Google’ as a verb

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

Google is becoming concerned that the term ‘Google’ for which it holds trade marks will become generic and a part of common everyday language. This is of concern to it as a term may lose trade mark...

Apple seeks monopoly on ‘pod’ and goes after others who use the term ‘pod’ for their products

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

Apple’s lawyers have sent letters to at least two companies who use the term ‘pod’ and asked them to remove it from their products. Both letters were sent in response to their efforts to register...

Owner of trade name ‘Screw You’ gets (partly) screwed over by OHIM Grand Board of Appeal in its trade mark application for ‘Screw You’

1 September 2006 | Paul Gershlick

The Grand Board of Appeal at OHIM, the body which hears applications to register European Community trade marks, has found that a Community trade mark for ‘Screw You’ in relation to goods sold in ‘normal’...

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Archive for September, 2006

Microsoft in the dog house over anti-trust claim in Korea

High Court sets high evidential bar for showing abuse of dominant position by people claiming that they’re charged too much – Ineos Vinyls v Huntsman Petrochemicals, High Court

Sony ‘tries it on’ with the Patent Office in patent application for invention that is a ‘program for a computer’ (which is not patentable)

Apple ‘stops the music playing on and on’ in patent dispute between Apple and Creative by paying out $100 million settlement fee

Premier League and Sky lose copyright battles with ‘Pompey Five’ pub owners for showing football matches from unauthorised satellite channels

Madonna threatens to sue Dr Dre, Mary J. Blige and Eve for copyright infringement

FAST recovers £1.4 million for its members from software piracy in one month

Google gets all hot and bothered about the use of ‘Google’ as a verb

Apple seeks monopoly on ‘pod’ and goes after others who use the term ‘pod’ for their products

Owner of trade name ‘Screw You’ gets (partly) screwed over by OHIM Grand Board of Appeal in its trade mark application for ‘Screw You’

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