Information Technology

• Luxury Car Maker Defeated in David v Goliath Trade Mark Dispute

  • Posted16 January 2020

  Trade marks are a powerful means of protecting your unique brand, even against much larger or more prestigious potential competitors. In one case, a small clothing company which sold its...

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• Rival Products’ Purple Packaging Triggers High Court Row

  • Posted2 January 2020

  Consumers do not always read labels, so the packaging of a product, and its colour in particular, can be crucial in establishing brand loyalty. In a guideline case, the High...

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• Estate Agency Fined £80,000 for Exposing 18,000 Tenants’ Data to Hackers

  • Posted13 December 2019

  Businesses that store their clients’ personal data are under a strict legal duty to keep it secure and any failure to do so is likely to have serious financial and...

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• Packaging Patents Not Inventive Enough to be Valid

  • Posted26 November 2019

  Patent protection is a valuable privilege that is only afforded to ideas and products that are genuinely novel and inventive. In a case on point, the High Court declared invalid...

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• Copycat Design Proves Expensive for Retailer

  • Posted23 October 2019

  There is almost nothing more frustrating for businesses than to see their successful products imitated by rivals. However, as a High Court case showed, expert lawyers are more than capable...

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• Motor Industry Worker Who Profited From Theft of Data Ordered to Pay £25,500

  • Posted16 September 2019

  In November 2018, a motor industry worker, Mustafa Kasim, was given a six-month prison sentence for accessing motorists’ personal data on his employer’s computer system without authorisation and selling it...

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