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Apple in another patent dispute, this time with HTC

20 July 2011 | Mark Weston

Apple has filed a complaint with the US’s International Trade Commission against HTC, its fellow phone and tablet PC manufacturer, for the alleged infringement of patents by unspecified HTC devices....

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Bottles bank Shütz High Court trade mark victory – Shütz v Delta Containers, High Court

19 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Shütz trade marked caged bulk containers, which were used to transport and store liquids in bottles inside the containers. Both the container and the bottles carried the Shütz name and had been registered...

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Money Saving beats Money Claiming for trade mark in High Court – Martin Lewis v Client Connection, High Court

15 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The founder of the consumer support website ‘Money Saving Expert’, Martin Lewis, has succeeded with a trade mark infringement claim in the High Court against a telephone-based claims management business...

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Life on the edge fails – Future Publishing Ltd v The Edge Interactive Media Inc, High Court

10 July 2011 | Mark Weston

FP distributed a computer gaming magazine, called ‘Edge’, which had a distinctive logo for its title. One of the defendant companies owned ‘Edge’ trade marks for goods in class 16 (books, paper,...

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Campaign launched to prevent copyright infringement

8 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Creative Commons, a copyright group, has published a guide to help web users identify what pictures, music and videos they can post online without infringing copyright and risking enforcement action from...

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Court deems similar designs derived from claimant’s product and another source not to infringe claimant’s – Albert Packaging v Nampak Cartons, High Court

8 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick | 1 comment

This case surrounds the design of tortilla wrap cartons. AP made and sold packaging for the product. The cartons had been supplied by an intermediary who subsequently used NC to do it. AP claimed that...

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UK blank media firms may have to pay copyright levy for private copying in other EU States – Stichting de Thuiskopie v Opus Supplies Deutschland GmbH, European Court of Justice

8 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Court of Justice has issued a judgment that would mean that UK suppliers of blank CDs and other recording media could have to pay a copyright levy on any sales that they make into any European...

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Social media warning for Olympic athletes

8 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned athletes that they must take care at next year’s London Olympics with their use of social media or risk being banned from participating. The IOC said...

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Art Attack

8 July 2011 | Shimon Shaw

It was reported in yesterday's Telegraph (7/7/11), under "Now the EU wrecks Britain's art market" that sellers of works of art by European artists who have died in the past 70 years will need to pay royalties...

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Injunction sought to force BT to block access to pirate film website

8 July 2011 | Mark Weston

In this first action of its kind in the UK, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the industry body representing a number of film studios, is taking action against British Telecom (BT), in its capacity...

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Latest news and views tagged Intellectual property

Apple in another patent dispute, this time with HTC

Bottles bank Shütz High Court trade mark victory – Shütz v Delta Containers, High Court

Money Saving beats Money Claiming for trade mark in High Court – Martin Lewis v Client Connection, High Court

Life on the edge fails – Future Publishing Ltd v The Edge Interactive Media Inc, High Court

Campaign launched to prevent copyright infringement

Court deems similar designs derived from claimant’s product and another source not to infringe claimant’s – Albert Packaging v Nampak Cartons, High Court

UK blank media firms may have to pay copyright levy for private copying in other EU States – Stichting de Thuiskopie v Opus Supplies Deutschland GmbH, European Court of Justice

Social media warning for Olympic athletes

Art Attack

Injunction sought to force BT to block access to pirate film website

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