July 6, 2009

There is a minefield of information to steer through for small businesses aiming to build an outstanding online brand.

They need sufficient understanding of trade mark and internet law to name their business effectively.  Should...

July 14, 2009

Are you currently in the process of registering a trade mark for your brand? Everything can be ticking along smoothly until the day you receive a letter from the registry saying that your application has been opposed. What to do...

July 30, 2009

It can be a frustrating experience trying to find more information on a business contact by sifting through their emails only to find that none of their email signatures features anything at all about their business.

At the other end...

August 10, 2009

OUT-LAW commented recently on Facebook’s offer to companies to notify them of any trade marks that they wished to reserve prior to the rolling out of the username system.  It was hoped that this would act to...

August 16, 2009

What would you do if someone spray painted something defamatory on the side of your house? You might call the police or the council, but most likely you’d clean it off yourself. It’s an annoyance, but one that could be...

August 19, 2009

When Bing Crosby sang ‘You’ve got to accentuate the positive/and eliminate the negative” back in 1944, he probably wasn’t thinking about the Internet and promoting business reputation.

But at its simplest,...

August 26, 2009

We have previously written about anonymity online here in relation to Norwich Pharmacal orders in the UK, it is a very topical subject, lying at the intersection of freedom of speech, and defamation law. Now recent events...

August 28, 2009

The patenting of software and business methods, one of the more controversial strands of protection offered by intellectual property regimes in modern times, has traditionally been more accessible to inventors in the United States...

September 8, 2009

New labour have raised a new slogan to be drummed out from the political pulpit: “Innovation Innovation Innovation”. The government is paving the way for a digital future for Britain and, in doing so, wants to reign...

September 17, 2009

Would it not be an amazing day when you could download every book under the sun from one source. From visiting your library, to your local book shop, to online bookshops, to digital libraries – the digital revolution or...

September 25, 2009

Some people are confusing the recent press reports concerning the case of  Louis Vuitton vs. Google Inc. with an actual ruling.  In fact the ECJ has not delivered its ruling as yet. The recent release from the ECJ was...

October 1, 2009

The UK Trade Mark Registry has launched a new trade mark application service called Right Start which goes live today.

Under the Right Start service applicants will be able to test whether their trade mark will be accepted by...