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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 Facebookâs 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 counter cybersquatting.
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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 youâd clean it off yourself. Itâs an annoyance, but one that could be resolved relat...
August 19, 2009
When Bing Crosby sang âYouâve got to accentuate the positive/and eliminate the negativeâ back in 1944, he probably wasnât thinking about the Internet and promoting business reputation.
But at its simplest, those two ideas are the un...
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 have brough...
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 th...
September 8, 2009
New labour have raised a new slogan to be drummed out from the political pulpit: âInnovation Innovation Innovationâ. The government is paving the way for a digital future for Britain and, in doing so, wants to reign in the outlaws....
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 â the digital revolution or should we ...
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 the opinion ...
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 examin...
October 2, 2009
The troubles within the Freecycle network have resulted in over 40 per cent of the UK Freecycle groups breaking away to form an independent network called FREEGLE the Ecologist reported this week:Â The Ecologist Report.
Unless it wer...
October 7, 2009
On the 22 September 2009 the Advocate General Poiares Maduro delivered his opinion on the question of the legality of Google Adwords in relation to EU trade mark law. He found that Google is not infringing trade mark laws by allowin...
