High Street Retailer Next accused of flouting refund rules - 27/Jul/2010
An investigation launched by the BBC has highlighted that retailer Next along with other mail order companies have been flouting certain consumer rules by failing to offer a refund of delivery charges when items bought online are returned as a result of being faulty. Read more …
International Patent Fast Track Scheme For UK - 13/Jul/2010
David Cameron has recently unveiled a fast track scheme of international patent applications. The UK is among the first to introduce such a fast track scheme and the Prime Minister confirmed that the aim was “to reduce the global backlog which stifles growth and enterprise”, which costs the global economy an estimated £7.6 billion every year if patents are delayed. Read more …
Green Inventions Patent Database - 12/Jul/2010
The Intellectual Property Office, in the UK, which falls within the Department for Business Innovation and Skills has unveiled a new database of green inventions to help the development of environmentally friendly technology. Baroness Wilcox, who is the Intellectual Property Minister was reported as saying: Read more …
Google AdWords is legitimate - 06/May/2010
The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"), formerly the European Court of Justice, has handed down its decision in three conjoined cases concerning Google AdWords and potential trade mark infringement. Read more …
'Sugababes' Name Up For Grabs - 29/Mar/2010
Mutya Buena, formerly of the girl group the 'Sugababes' has applied to the European Trademarks Authority, OHIM for ownership of the bands name. Read more …
Judges call time on cyber bandits – Service of injunction via Twitter - 26/Mar/2010
The law and the Courts have often been criticised for failing to keep up with new developments in the field of technology, such as the internet, which have enabled cyber bandits to commit crimes with a new level of anonymity. Read more …
It looks the same….! It smells the same….! - 26/Mar/2010
How the ECJ's decision in L'Oreal and Others v Bellure NV could mean the end of the road for imitation products. Read more …
Joe Satriani vs Coldplay - 22/Sep/2009
In December 2008 guitarist Joe Satriani alleged that Coldplay, the English band fronted by Chris Martin, had breached copyright by using "substantial original portions" of Satriani's 2004 song If I Could Fly on Coldplay’s number 1 track, Viva La Vida. Read more …
Patent Office Opinions and Reviews - 10/Jan/2007
How the Patents Act 2004 has attempted to introduce an alternative means to resolving a dispute which could avoid litigation. Read more …
Apple Trademark Dispute - 01/Jun/2006
After twenty five years of trademark dispute, Apple Computer’s protracted court battle with the Beatle’s music record label Apple Corps came to a close in May 2006 following the UK High Court’s decision that Apple Computer was not breaching an agreement made in 1991 between the two firms. Read more …
