18 January 2012
As the use of social media as a business tool becomes more widespread, the lines between personal and professional are becoming increasingly blurred. Senior Associate Andrew Tibber and trainee solicitor Richard Alexander consider the question of ownership of social media accounts and contacts between the employer and employee in this article, recently featured in E-Commerce Law Reports.
21 September 2011
Welcome to the Autumn 2011 edition of Concept, the news bulletin from Burges Salmon’s Intellectual Property and Technology Team.
14 June 2011
The much discussed Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 came in to force on 26 May 2011 implementing a 2009 EC Directive. They potentially impact all organisations who use cookies on their website.
19 May 2011
Welcome to the Spring edition of Concept, the news bulletin from Burges Salmon's Intellectual Property and Technology Team.
25 March 2011
In recent years, mounting concerns have been expressed at the state of English and Welsh libel law. In response to such concerns, the Government published a draft Defamation bill and accompanying consultation paper on 15 March 2011. The main proposed changes are set out in the attached briefing.
31 January 2011
Welcome to the Winter edition of Concept, the news bulletin from Burges Salmon's Intellectual Property and Technology Team.
15 October 2010
The digital remit of the CAP advertising Code will be extended from 1 March 2011 to cover previously exempt online marketing communications, including websites belonging to businesses and organisations. The changes will affect all businesses and organisations regardless of size and we recommend checks to ensure compliance before the changes take effect.
02 September 2010
Google has recently announced changes to its Adwords trade mark policy following the decision of the ECJ in Google France that could further erode the rights of trade mark owners to prevent unauthorised use of their trade marks.
20 July 2010
Welcome to the summer edition of Concept, the news bulletin from Burges Salmon's Intellectual Property and Technology Team.
15 April 2010
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently ruled that Google's sale of third-party registered trade marks as keywords through its Adwords service, and subsequent display of advertisements triggered by those keywords, is not use by Google of those trade marks in the course of trade (and so Google cannot be liable for trade mark infringement for such use).
01 February 2010
Welcome to the winter edition of Concept, the news bulletin from Burges Salmon's Intellectual Property and Technology Team.
16 March 2009
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