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Skype admits to losing trade mark battle with Sky

18 August 2010 | Mark Weston

Skype is engaged in a battle to keep its brand. Sky – the broadcaster which also is an Internet service provider and telephone service provider – claims that the Voice over Internet Protocol company’s...

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Google announces relaxation in policy towards use of registered trade marks as keywords

16 August 2010 | Mark Weston

Google has announced a relaxation of its policies involving the sponsoring of other people’s trade marks as keywords. Sponsoring keywords triggers adverts when Internet users search on those terms. The...

Tags on this discussion: advertising brand brand protection branding brands CJEU comparative advertising Court of Justice of the European Union ECJ European Court of Justice infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights Internet IP keywords Online search search engine search engines trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks

Should ASDA have gone to Specsavers to see that its strapline would take unfair advantage? – Specsavers v Asda, High Court

16 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Specsavers was a famous money-saving optician and had registered trade marks for its name and two overlapping ovals logo. Asda was re-launching its optician service. Specsavers objected to the logo and...

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Judge forced to put finger in the air to work out losses arising out of unauthorised publication of Jimi Hendrix concert – Experience Hendrix v Times Newspapers, High Court

13 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Jimi Hendrix – the famous musician – and the other members of The Jimi Hendrix Experience band just wanted to entertain. Little did they know that their last ever UK concert in 1969 would become such...

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It’s game over at level 1 for Nintendo DS mod chip importer – Nintendo v Playables and Chan, High Court

11 August 2010 | Mark Weston

Nintendo has obtained summary judgment in its claim against the importer of a mod chip product that circumvented Nintendo’s technological copy-protection measures intended to stop unlawful copies of...

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One vacuum fails to sweep up as another’s less beautiful design gets clean bill of health – Dyson v Vax, High Court

11 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Dyson had a registered design for well-known dual cyclone vacuum cleaner. They were concerned by the appearance on the market of a multi-stage cyclone vacuum cleaner called MACH ZEN, which was marketed...

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Intellectual Property Office reports on millions of pounds worth of counterfeit and pirated products seized

10 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Intellectual Property Office’s annual Intellectual Property Crime Report has shown the millions of pounds of pirated or counterfeit products that have been seized in the last year. The Report also...

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Parallel importer not brand owner has burden of proving that goods were on the market with brand owner’s consent – Honda v David Silver Spares, High Court

10 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

DSS was the leading supplier of spare parts for Honda motorbikes. Honda alleged that DSS was infringing its registered trade marks by importing and supplying Honda branded parts which had not been put...

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High Court asks European Court to answer whether copying software programming language, interfaces and functionality infringes copyright – SAS v WPL, High Court

10 August 2010 | Mark Weston

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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Alleged file-sharers face crackdown from Ministry of Sound

20 July 2010 | Mark Weston

The Ministry of Sound has sent 2,000 letters out to people who it alleges have unlawfully infringed its copyright by downloading or uploading its tracks without permission. The letters ask for compensation...

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Latest input tagged infringement

Skype admits to losing trade mark battle with Sky

Google announces relaxation in policy towards use of registered trade marks as keywords

Should ASDA have gone to Specsavers to see that its strapline would take unfair advantage? – Specsavers v Asda, High Court

Judge forced to put finger in the air to work out losses arising out of unauthorised publication of Jimi Hendrix concert – Experience Hendrix v Times Newspapers, High Court

It’s game over at level 1 for Nintendo DS mod chip importer – Nintendo v Playables and Chan, High Court

One vacuum fails to sweep up as another’s less beautiful design gets clean bill of health – Dyson v Vax, High Court

Intellectual Property Office reports on millions of pounds worth of counterfeit and pirated products seized

Parallel importer not brand owner has burden of proving that goods were on the market with brand owner’s consent – Honda v David Silver Spares, High Court

High Court asks European Court to answer whether copying software programming language, interfaces and functionality infringes copyright – SAS v WPL, High Court

Alleged file-sharers face crackdown from Ministry of Sound

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