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Report recommends easier and cheaper licensing of copyright

5 April 2012 | Simon Weinberg

A report published by Richard Hooper, the former Chairman of Ofcom, has recommended that copyright licensing needs to be made cheaper and easier in order to benefit the UK’s digital economy. The report...

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European Parliament votes in favour of allowing non-commercial use of orphan works

4 April 2012 | Paul Gershlick

A European Parliament committee has voted in favour of allowing orphan works to be made available online for non-commercial use. An orphan work is copyright material which has no identified owner. The...

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Pharma patents drop significantly according to Withers and Rogers report

4 April 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The number of patents filed by big pharma has fallen dramatically according to figures published by Withers & Rogers LLP, the patent and trade mark agents. The top 10 pharma companies filed just 129...

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All Party Intellectual Property Group announce inquiry into Government handling of IP policy

4 April 2012 | Paul Gershlick

There have been numerous Government reviews of intellectual property policy over the last ten years. So what do we need, according to the All Party Intellectual Property Group? Another inquiry. This time,...

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Force India gets a chequered result in F1 car design claims – Force India Formula One Team Limited v 1 Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD, 1 Malaysia Racing Team (UK) Limited, Michael Gascoyne, Aerolab and Fondmetal Technologies, High Court

30 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Force India entered into a Formula One (F1) agreement for the development of a new F1 car with Aerolab. Aerolab created confidential computer-aided design (CAD) files under that agreement, and all intellectual...

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Football fixture list commercial arm loses out to bookmakers as fixture lists not protected by copyright or database right despite significant skill and labour – Football Dataco v Yahoo!, European Court of Justice

30 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

It has been the case for a few years under European Union law that there is no database right protection in compiling sports fixture lists as the investment involved in the data is in the creation of it...

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GSK gives welcome boost to UK life sciences industry and thumbs up to Budget patent box announcement

22 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

GSK has given a massive boost to the UK life sciences industry with an announcement on the back of the Budget that it will spent £500m on a new manufacturing plant and create 1,000 jobs in the UK. Andrew...

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Publican successful in decoder card appeal – Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, High Court

16 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Following the decision of the European Court of Justice, the High Court has allowed an appeal by a publican against her conviction under section 297(1) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. Section...

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Nominet maintains conclusive right to determine whether .co.uk domain names have been registered abusively – Toth v Emirates, High Court

16 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Where a brand owner believes that a domain name similar to its own brand has been registered abusively, it may apply to Nominet’s dispute resolution procedure to have the domain name transferred to it....

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Digital Economy Act lives on, again – R (British Telecommunications plc and TalkTalk Telecom Group plc) v Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and others, Court of Appeal

16 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

BT and TalkTalk, the Internet service providers (ISPs), have seen their appeal in the judicial review of the Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA) rejected by the Court of Appeal. They had argued that the DEA...

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Latest news and views tagged intellectual property rights

Report recommends easier and cheaper licensing of copyright

European Parliament votes in favour of allowing non-commercial use of orphan works

Pharma patents drop significantly according to Withers and Rogers report

All Party Intellectual Property Group announce inquiry into Government handling of IP policy

Force India gets a chequered result in F1 car design claims – Force India Formula One Team Limited v 1 Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD, 1 Malaysia Racing Team (UK) Limited, Michael Gascoyne, Aerolab and Fondmetal Technologies, High Court

Football fixture list commercial arm loses out to bookmakers as fixture lists not protected by copyright or database right despite significant skill and labour – Football Dataco v Yahoo!, European Court of Justice

GSK gives welcome boost to UK life sciences industry and thumbs up to Budget patent box announcement

Publican successful in decoder card appeal – Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, High Court

Nominet maintains conclusive right to determine whether .co.uk domain names have been registered abusively – Toth v Emirates, High Court

Digital Economy Act lives on, again – R (British Telecommunications plc and TalkTalk Telecom Group plc) v Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and others, Court of Appeal

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