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People accused of confidential information misuse have to give self-incriminatory evidence about themselves – Gray and Coogan v News Group Newspapers and Mulcaire, High Court

18 March 2011 | Mark Weston

People who are accused of misusing confidential information have no immunity from giving self-incriminatory evidence, the High Court has ruled. In an action brought against News Group Newspapers and a...

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Sit back and…go to trial – Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Delta Airways Inc, Court of Appeal

16 March 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Court of Appeal rejected a ruling of the High Court that had granted summary judgment to Delta Airways Inc (“Delta”) in relation to an action brought by Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd (“Virgin”)....

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Picture not so perfect – Shutterfly and Kodak accuse each other of patent infringement

7 January 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Kodak has filed proceedings against Shutterfly, the photo-sharing website, with the Securities Exchange Commission in the United States for the alleged infringement of its patents. In return, Shutterfly...

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Microsoft founder fails in infringement lawsuit

21 December 2010 | Simon Weinberg

Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, has failed in his claim that a number of household names, including Facebook and Google, had infringed patents registered by his firm Interval Licensing....

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European Patent Office creates free online search tool for all clean energy technology pate

8 December 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Patent Office has created an innovation of its own. It has created a tool that enables people to search for free for all patents in relation to the clean energy technology sector, wherever...

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Free IP from Glasgow University

1 December 2010 | Simon Weinberg

The University of Glasgow is to offer the intellectual property (IP) in patents developed within the University free for use in the commercial world, under a scheme called ‘Easy Access IP’. The move...

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Employee rights to share of outstanding patent benefits should relate to actual revenue obtained by employer and not what employer should have earned – Unilever v Shanks, Court of Appeal

30 November 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Ian Shanks, a professor working for Unilever, invented a device for which the corporate giant obtained worldwide patents, which were licensed for use in home kits for diagnosing diabetes. As Mr Shanks...

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Microsoft and Motorola in spat over patents and technical standards

17 November 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Microsoft and Motorola have gone to court over a breakdown in their relationship over use of Motorola’s patented products. They had been working together to use Motorola’s patents to create technical...

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Apple sues Motorola for patent infringement

9 November 2010 | Simon Weinberg | 1 comment

Apple has filed a claim accusing Motorola of patent infringement in the use of software relating to display tools, including touch screens. The claim has been filed in the US District Court of Wisconsin,...

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Intellectual Property Office website struck down by Operation Payback

8 November 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The website of The Intellectual Property Office was down for a whole day, after it suffered a denial of service attack at the hands of Operation Payback. Operation Payback is an anonymous group dedicated...

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Latest news and views tagged patent

People accused of confidential information misuse have to give self-incriminatory evidence about themselves – Gray and Coogan v News Group Newspapers and Mulcaire, High Court

Sit back and…go to trial – Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Delta Airways Inc, Court of Appeal

Picture not so perfect – Shutterfly and Kodak accuse each other of patent infringement

Microsoft founder fails in infringement lawsuit

European Patent Office creates free online search tool for all clean energy technology pate

Free IP from Glasgow University

Employee rights to share of outstanding patent benefits should relate to actual revenue obtained by employer and not what employer should have earned – Unilever v Shanks, Court of Appeal

Microsoft and Motorola in spat over patents and technical standards

Apple sues Motorola for patent infringement

Intellectual Property Office website struck down by Operation Payback

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