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In February 2011, the High Court ruled that two European Community Trade Marks for the “32RED” word and a figurative trade mark comprising “32” and “red” had been infringed by “32Vegas”...
Ticket exchange website loses as Court of Appeal orders disclosure of information about sellers for sale of tickets above face value – RFU v Viagogo, Court of Appeal
A ticket exchange website has been ordered to hand over to the Rugby Football Union details of people who have sold on its site England rugby tickets for above the ticket’s face value. Sales above face...
Google not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its hosted service when brought to its attention as they were still disputed by the author – Davison v Habeeb and Google, High Court
Google was not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted about Davison on Google’s hosted service at blogger.com, despite the online service giant having kept the comments up even after being told...
Reggae Reggae Sauce not developed in breach of contract – Anthony Bailey & Sylvester Williams v Keith Graham, Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Foods Ltd & Levi Roots’ Reggae Reggae Sauce Ltd, High Court
Bailey and Williams issued proceedings against Graham (of Dragons’ Den fame under the pseudonym “Levi Roots”) in relation to his creation and marketing of “Reggae Reggae Jerk/BBQ Sauce” for breach...
Rooney hits the winner as image right agreement ruled to be a restraint of trade – Proactive Sports Management Ltd v Rooney & Others, Court of Appeal
In 2003, as a 17-year-old, Wayne Rooney (R) entered into an image-rights representation agreement with Proactive Sports Management Ltd (P). Under the agreement, R’s image rights, which he had vested...
Estate agent entitled to commission even if completion did not take place Foxtons v O’Reardon, High Court
Foxtons were sole agents for O’Reardon in respect of the sale of a £2.5m property. Foxtons introduced a purchaser. O’Reardon and the purchaser exchanged contracts for the sale, but the purchaser pulled...
High Court confirms TV Catchup referrals to the ECJ – ITV Broadcasting Limited & others v TV Catchup Limited, High Court
The High Court recently ruled on a case of infringement of copyright, brought by ITV Broadcasting and others against TV Catchup Limited, who operated a website allowing Internet users to watch live UK...
Database right confirmed in table of data that was infringed by the Police – Forensic Telecommunications Services Ltd v West Yorkshire Police & Another, High Court
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...
Supreme Court says business common sense rule can be used to give most appropriate business common sense meaning and not just when one interpretation would give irrational result – Rainy Sky v Kookmin Bank, Supreme Court
Six companies had agreed to buy a ship from a shipbuilder in instalments. The buyer had agreed to do so in return for the builder providing a bank guarantee to repay those sums if the construction did...
Danger of oral contracts reiterated – BVM Management v Roger Yeomans t/a The Great Hall of Mains, Court of Appeal
Oral contracts, where the parties do not sign a formal document, can exist. As with any contract, this is when the following four basic elements of a contract exist:
an offer;
acceptance of that...