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Unite ordered to disclose details of its users for a second time after failing to do it properly first time round – Manish Patel v Unite, High Court

8 February 2012 | Simon Weinberg

During the British Airways cabin crew strike, Mr Patel had acted as a volunteer cabin crew member. Allegedly as a result of his actions, he was the subject of defamatory allegations posted on a forum on...

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Microsoft sues Comet over reproduction of back-up copies of software for users

11 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Microsoft is suing Comet for alleged copyright infringement over what the software giant claims is nearly 100,000 counterfeit copies of Windows Vista and Windows XP recovery CDs. It has alleged that Comet...

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Protecting “Look and Feel” in Apps

11 January 2012 | Ted Mercer

Two of the problems that occur most frequently in assisting people who design and implement applications for phones and tablets relate to difficulties in protecting the “look and feel”.  The look...

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NFC stickers – electronic payment, e-money and new technology

11 January 2012 | Ted Mercer

I have noticed another news item mentioning that the European Commission has answered another “question from a colleague” about the Electronic Money Directive and its application. The Commission...

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Employee claims constructive dismissal after resigning following his uploading of CV onto LinkedIn

6 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

An employee of BG Group has claimed constructive dismissal after resigning following a row over his uploading of his CV onto LinkedIn, the business social networking website. The human resources professional...

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European Court advisor in SAS v WPL case says functions of software program can be copied but not the underlying code

5 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

SAS had developed analytical software called the SAS System over a number of years and was a giant in the market for software that enabled users to carry out analysis of data. One key element was its own...

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Importance of exit and transition provisions considered by TCC – Astrazeneca v IBM, Technology and Construction Court

22 December 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Astrazeneca and IBM entered into an outsourcing agreement for IBM to provide various IT services. The agreement contained a number of exit provisions, including an “exit plan” that would allow Astrazeneca...

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Atos to provide service that will enable comparison of data across GP practices in England – but privacy campaigners complain again

21 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Atos has been engaged to provide an £8m service through a computer system so as to extract data about patients from GPs’ surgeries and enable comparable extractions across the NHS. The Department of...

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Database right confirmed in table of data that was infringed by the Police – Forensic Telecommunications Services Ltd v West Yorkshire Police & Another, High Court

25 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Forensic Telecommunications Services Ltd (FTS) operated a business that recovered digital evidence from mobile phones for criminal investigations, for which it needed to know a mobile phone’s permanent...

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Another appeal against exclusion from patentability allowed by the High Court – Re Protecting Kids the World Over Ltd, High Court

14 November 2011 | Mark Weston

Following the decision of the High Court in Halliburton, the High Court has now allowed an appeal against the decision of an Intellectual Property Office (IPO) hearing officer that had prevented the registration...

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