News Archive - IP and IT News

Functionality Not Protected in Computer Programs
Beware What You Say on the Web!
Guidance on Intellectual Property Infringement
Internet Sales Ban Breaches Competition Law
Overall Impression Crucial in Design Right
Unauthorised Database Use to Cost Companies
Cookie Consent - Are You Prepared?
Are Your Website Images Legal?
Sophistication of Consumers Stymies Claim
Overall Impression Test Means Court Rejects Virgin's Claim
Money Saving Expert Wins Trade Mark Battle
Easier Access to Justice to Enforce Patent and Design Rights
Nuisance Callers and Spammers Face Increased Penalties
Court Condemns Unfair Product Comparison
How Do I Enforce My Copyright?
Sound-Alike Infringes
New Rules on Privacy and Electronic Communications
Descriptive Number Cannot Be Registered as Trade Mark
Where is a Website?
Removal Firms Pay for Misuse of Trade Association Marks
Graphical User Interface Copyright Decision
Copyright Clarifications
Exclusion Clauses Fail to Protect IT Consultants
Digital Economy Act 2010 - Better Protection or Not?
Trade Mark Application Refused based on First Impression
IP Court Costs Capped
OFCOM Code of Practice on Online Copyright Infringement
Court Rules Software Supplier's Standard Terms Unfair
Website Accessibility and the Equality Act
Smell-Alikes Cannot Say What They Smell Like!
UK Intellectual Property Office Patent Opinion Service
Copyright Case Highlights Need for Care
Digital Economy Act 2010
Software May Become Patentable
Trade Mark Registration Fails When Confusion Likely
US Copyright Judgment Does Not Bind UK Court
Intellectual Property Insolvency Clause Unfair
Using Internet Image Costs Firm Dear
Key Words Do Not Breach Trade Mark
Patent Stands Despite Disclosure of Art
Data Protection Fine Proposals
eBay Not Responsible for L'Oreal Counterfeit Sales
Valuing Your Brand: New Standard
IP: New Charges
Your IP - Protect it or Lose it
Protect Your Trade mark
What to Do About Copyright Infringement
Register It or Lose It
The Knock on the Door - It's the Information Commissioner
Use of Copyright Material - UKIPO Advises on Steps to Take
Software Abuse Brings Claim
Similar Company Names - New Rules and Decision
Trade Marks - Waiting Time Reduced
Resolving Patent Disputes - Guide
Coke-Cola Faces Costs Order, Name Change
UKIPO Anti-Counterfeiting Toolkit
European Trade Mark Protection Cheaper
New Data Protection Guide
Computer Program Can be Patented - Court of Appeal Rules
Database Extraction Clarified
IP Case Sounds Warning
Trade Marks - Speed of the Essence
New Rules for Company Names
New Powers for ICO for Data Breaches
Who Can Read Your Emails?
New CCTV Guidelines
Patent Office Issues Guidance on Software Patents
Warning For Directors on IP Breach
Patent Office Issues Guidance on Software Patents
Copyright Law Relaxation Ahead?
Software Owned by Contractor - Court
Patent Protection - Legal Groundrules Changed
Glass of Wine is not a Wine Glass!
Mouse on Wheels Trade Mark Blocked
Trade Mark Registration Procedures Change
HCRs - No News is Good News
Personal Data Guidance
Patent Decisions - First Hearing Crucial
IP Awareness Campaign
Internet Use at Work - Risks Ignored
Registry Decisions Do Not Bind Court
Handling Subject Access Requests
Design Protection - How it Works
Registry Decisions Do Not Bind the Court
Da Vinci Code Claimants Fail in Court of Appeal
IP Audits for Small Firms
Patent Office Name Change
Is My Invention Patentable?
Catering for Disabled Visitors to Your Website
Right to Buy The Present Position
Email Regulations for Businesses
Failure to Act Costs Tesco
Waste Electrical Equipment Regulations
Patent Protection Depends on Proof of Invention
Only Accessible Files are in Possession
Email Received is Document Delivered
Flash Drive Dangers Exposed
Monitor Old Email Addresses Or Else
Guidance on Outsourcing Information Processing
Massive Spamming is Illegal - Court
Is Your Data Walking Out the Door?
Intellectual Property - Design Registration Simplification
E-mail Brings Benefit in Kind?
Small Error Will not Invalidate Patent
Data Protection Case - Next Stop Europe?
.Eu'd Better Hurry!
Be Careful With Your Information
Computer Bandits Face Bigger Sanctions
Is a Virus Deliberate?

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