Information Technology

• Web Knock-Offs – Stopping the Rot

  • Posted16 September 2016

  The Internet is a market for all sorts of goods – including ‘knock-off’ copies of well-known brands. These are widely available through e-commerce websites around the world. In 2011,...

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• Combination of Small Steps Provides Patent Validity

  • Posted25 August 2016

  Air travellers will be familiar with the X-ray scanners used as part of the security measures in airports, and the international market for such systems is massive. One of...

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• Symbol Bad, Acronym Good

  • Posted28 July 2016

  Bayerische Motoren Werke is known by one and all as BMW and their roundel symbol is recognised worldwide. Unsurprisingly, it is also a trade mark. So when a non-franchised...

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• Glee as IP Court Rules in Favour of Club Owner

  • Posted11 July 2016

  Large international corporations are well known for flexing their financial muscles and attempting to browbeat smaller companies into submission when they are in dispute. Such seemed to be the...

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• Copyright Infringement – Eight Seconds Enough

  • Posted27 June 2016

  When a sports website was found to be providing unauthorised video clips of international cricket matches, the England and Wales Cricket Board and Sky UK Limited – to whom certain...

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• Overheads Not Ignored in Claim for Profits

  • Posted13 June 2016

  One of the ways by which a business can obtain recompense for the breach of its intellectual property (IP) rights is to make the infringing organisation account to it for...

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