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UK and China sign Copyright Memorandum of Understanding

8 September 2010 | Mark Weston

The UK and Chinese Governments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on copyright. Under the agreement, the countries will work together on copyright issues to promote strong trade between them. The...

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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...

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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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