Feature
11 January 2013
Susan Singleton reviews cases about the use of surveys in trademark disputes, e-books and competition law, businesses’s liability in relation to data held in the cloud, and the implementation of the EU’s consumer rights directive
Comment
4 January 2013
Revealing the identity of sellers on ticket re-sale websites
is not a breach of privacy, the Supreme Court has ruled.
John Doherty and Clare Arthurs report
Feature
5 October 2012
The first award of exemplary damages for abuse of dominant position in the Cardiff buses’ war demonstrates the relevance of competition law for smaller businesses, says John Doherty
Feature
1 October 2012
Whether your client is the next Facebook or a niche start-up, they could benefit from your advice on alternative funding, says Jonathan Silverman
Feature
10 September 2012
Susan Singleton considers the challenge to the Digital Economy Act, trademark cases
pitting Red Bull against a German drink producer and Apple against Samsung,
and the latest ICO decisions
Feature
22 August 2012
Jonathan Silverman and Robert MacGinn explain how
intellectual property law can protect artists from plagiarism
Feature
13 July 2012
Few would disagree that handing over a letter counts as communicating information, even though the recipient must open it to know about its content,
so why not consider hyperlinks in the same way, asks Paul Stanley
Feature
13 July 2012
The claim against fashionable shoemaker Crocs by its former UK agents that
the company wrongly ended their agreement could reinvent the rules on
termination of an agency relationship, says Stephen Sidkin
Feature
2 July 2012
The Supreme Court has granted private shareholders of Bank Mellat permission to intervene in the bank’s challenge to HM Treasury over the financial restrictions order it has imposed on it, which they say is unlawful and in breach of...
News
28 June 2012
First customer notification letters not expected to be sent before 2014
News
21 June 2012
Differences in national copyright laws not an artificial partitioning of markets
News
11 June 2012
High Court decides suicide more likely after body found in lake
News
7 June 2012
Hospital lab assistant could not sue former manager for libel
Feature
1 June 2012
The new legislation may improve the image of
enforcement, but will it achieve the correct balance
between the rights of creditors and those
of debtors? Tom Bailey and
Denise Cushine
investigate
Feature
1 June 2012
A phone hacking case has widened the definition of intellectual property and limited the opportunity for defendants to rely on
PSI, say Emily Swithenbank and Laura Nation as they
examine who will be affected by the decision
Feature
28 May 2012
The courts have reinstated a welcome common sense
approach to the interpretation of commercial contracts,
say Conrad Walker and Helen Rowlands
Feature
28 May 2012
Robert MacGinn and Jonathan Silverman explain the steps to take
when considering a brand or company name for a client
News
24 May 2012
No evidence that Easter bunny shape had acquired distinctive character through use
