Archive for April, 2009

Court provides clear vision on the right to oppose Community trade mark applications – Alberto Jorge Moreira v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

1 April 2009 | Temp

The European Court of First Instance (‘CFI’) has provided some helpful guidance on the interpretation of trade mark opposition provisions under Article 8(4) of the Community Trade Mark Regulation (‘CTM...

Market trader found guilty of trade mark infringement offence

1 April 2009 | Temp

A market trader has been found guilty of possessing counterfeit trainers bearing Nike and Bathing Ape names and logos that were likely to be mistaken for registered trade marks with a view to selling them....

L’Oréal brings its battle against eBay to the UK courts

1 April 2009 | Temp

L’Oréal has brought its ongoing fight against eBay to the UK High Court as part of its bid to protect its brand and distribution network. L’Oréal claims that eBay should be doing more to prevent...

New corporate offence of ‘negligent failure to prevent bribery’ proposed in draft Bribery Bill

1 April 2009 | Temp

A new corporate offence of ‘negligent failure to prevent bribery’ by persons working on behalf of a business has been included in the draft Bribery Bill. The Bill will replace the common law offence...

Failing to upgrade spam filters is costing big businesses thousands of pounds each year

1 April 2009 | Temp

Failing to upgrade spam filtering systems that offer 99.5% accuracy may be costing big businesses thousands of pounds a year in lost productivity. These are the findings of McAfee’s March 2009 spam report....

Big brother laws allow lawyers’ conversations to be bugged – Re McE, House of Lords

1 April 2009 | Temp

The House of Lords has ruled that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (‘RIPA’) does allow communications between lawyers and their clients to be bugged. This interpretation of the so-called...

Recession hits PC sales – analysts predict global slump of 11.9% in 2009

1 April 2009 | Temp

Analysts have predicted that PC sales in 2009 will slow down to 257 million globally - a downward slide of 11.9% on 2008. If the analysts turn out to be right, this will be the second period of negative...

ICANN votes to put limitless domain name policy on hold

1 April 2009 | Paul Gershlick

The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (‘ICANN’) - the body responsible for regulating the Internet’s addressing system - has voted unanimously to put on hold its plans to create...

ToysRUs commits to online retailing by bagging Toys.com for US$5.1m

1 April 2009 | Paul Gershlick

ToysRUs, the toy giant, has demonstrated its commitment to online retailing by paying a massive US$5.1m (£3.6m) for the domain name toys.com – believed to be the biggest payout for a domain name this...

Government reveals proposals to store Facebook data

1 April 2009 | Paul Gershlick

The government’s plans to have a massive central database of data about people’s use of Internet and other communications may also stretch to data generated by use of Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and other...

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Archive for April, 2009

Court provides clear vision on the right to oppose Community trade mark applications – Alberto Jorge Moreira v OHIM, European Court of First Instance

Market trader found guilty of trade mark infringement offence

L’Oréal brings its battle against eBay to the UK courts

New corporate offence of ‘negligent failure to prevent bribery’ proposed in draft Bribery Bill

Failing to upgrade spam filters is costing big businesses thousands of pounds each year

Big brother laws allow lawyers’ conversations to be bugged – Re McE, House of Lords

Recession hits PC sales – analysts predict global slump of 11.9% in 2009

ICANN votes to put limitless domain name policy on hold

ToysRUs commits to online retailing by bagging Toys.com for US$5.1m

Government reveals proposals to store Facebook data

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