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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that, where an action is brought for trade mark infringement by using, for example, Google’s “adwords”, that action can be heard by the courts in the...
ABPI launches new partnership team to work closer with providing greater access to innovative treatments to NHS patients
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has announced a new regional team to work closer with the NHS to bring innovative treatments quicker to NHS patients. The ABPI is delighted about...
Details of staff members who dealt with complaints could be released under freedom of information request as they were not within the sphere of privacy to be personal data
Mr Edem had made a freedom of information request to the Financial Services Authority for information relating to a complaint he had made about Egg. He was concerned that the FSA had failed to regulate...
Asda refused permission to appeal to Supreme Court in Specsavers case – Specsavers International Healthcare Limited v Asda Stores Limited, Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal recently ruled that Asda had infringed some of Specsavers’ registered trade marks in an advertising campaign by using certain straplines and a logo on the grounds of unfair advantage...
TripAdvisor latest to complain about Google’s alleged abuse of dominant position in placement of competing sites in search results
TripAdvisor has become the latest business to complain that Google has allegedly abused its dominant position in the way it displays search results. TripAdvisor alleges that the search engine giant puts...
Web site operator may be liable for site to which it links – McGrath v Dawkins, High Court
McGrath sued Professor Richard Dawkins and various others for allegedly defamatory material posted on a web site. This was an application by the defendants to strike out the claim. The most interesting...
High Court rules that duty of good faith was breached by acting arbitrarily, capriciously and irrationally – Compass Group UK and Ireland Ltd (trading as Medirest) v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, High Court
Medirest entered into an agreement with Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust (the Trust) for the supply of catering services in a hospital. The agreement contained a clause that obliged the parties to:
“co-operate...
British Airways fined £58.5m for exchange of commercially sensitive information over fuel surcharges with Virgin Atlantic
The Office of Fair Trading has fined British Airways £58.5m for exchanging commercially sensitive information with its competitor, Virgin Atlantic, between 2004 and 2006. The information exchange led...
Marathon data publication to be investigated by Information Commissioner’s Office
The London Marathon organisers are being investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office after the names, email addresses and home addresses of all 38,000 participants in this year’s competition...
The NPPF: A new planning era has begun…
The Government has recently published its long-awaited National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
The purpose of the NPPF is to streamline planning bureaucracy, by condensing 44 planning policy statements...