Wi-Fi going underground
BT is trialing Wi-Fi availability at Charing Cross Tube Station for London Underground users to access the Internet from their smart phones or laptops. The six-month trial, if successful, will lead onto...
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Mark Weston
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Expertise: Mark works across all areas of commercial law, information technology (IT) law, intellectual property (IP) law, on-line commerce law and media law.
Clients: Just some of Mark's more well-known clients include Groupon, RTL Group S.A., Elstree Film Studios, Sanyo, mysupermarket.co.uk, Retailcorp Brands LLC, Maxell, The Gulf Marketing Group, Playboy UK, Imagination Technologies Plc, GOOP.com (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the BBC.
More unusual: Mark appears regularly on BBC1 (usually providing advice on-screen to BBC Watchdog) and also on Sky News as a legal commentator. More about Mark...
Clients: Just some of Mark's more well-known clients include Groupon, RTL Group S.A., Elstree Film Studios, Sanyo, mysupermarket.co.uk, Retailcorp Brands LLC, Maxell, The Gulf Marketing Group, Playboy UK, Imagination Technologies Plc, GOOP.com (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the BBC.
More unusual: Mark appears regularly on BBC1 (usually providing advice on-screen to BBC Watchdog) and also on Sky News as a legal commentator. More about Mark...
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RSSBreach of contract for providing car with the wrong antique engine – Mercedes Travis Brewer v Mann, High Court
The High Court has ruled in favour of a claimant who claimed for breach of warranty and breach of contract in relation to her purchase of a vintage car that did not conform to its description.
The car...
Israel becomes an ‘adequate’ data protection nation
Data can now be transferred to Israel freely without breaching European Union data protection law. Israel is the seventh country to have its data protection regime approved by the EU. Formal approval is...
Guidance on test for repudiatory breach – Eminence Property Developments Limited v Heaney, Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has given a clear statement of guidance on the test for repudiatory breach, following years of differing legal cases in relation to this issue.
Eminence Property Investments Limited...
UK Internet economy worth £100 billion
The Internet economy contributes £100 billion to the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to a report by the Boston Consulting Group. This accounts for 7.2% of the total GDP in the UK. The report...
Liquidated damages does not always need to be genuine pre-estimate of loss to be enforceable – Azimut-Benetti v Healey, High Court
Liquidated damages are clauses in contracts that provide for a pre-agreed value to be paid in the event of a breach of contract by one of the parties. Commonly, they are used when there is a delay to performance....
EU-wide effect for national court trade mark decisions
An Advocate General to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has expressed his view that nation court decisions on trade mark issues within the European Union should take effect throughout the EU if the...
Software reseller’s failure to provide accurate information entitled licensor to terminate – Softlanding Systems v KDP, Court of Appeal
KDP licensed S to act as a reseller for KDP’s software. The agreement required S to pay royalties and provide reports and certain information to KDP, including who the end users were, the contracts with...
Broadening the band…
The best broadband in Europe by 2015? That’s the commitment made by the Government in its plans for the future of infrastructure in the UK, with the hope that the UK will be the home of the best superfast...
Only initial confusion needed for trade mark infringement – Och-Ziff Management Europe Limited v OCH Capital LLP (High Court)
The High Court has ruled that only initial confusion at the commencement of the purchasing process, that one company is another, is needed for a trade mark infringement claim.
In this case, Och-Ziff...
