20 July 2010
Welcome to the summer edition of Concept, the news bulletin from Burges Salmon's Intellectual Property and Technology Team.
05 July 2010
In a nutshell, the Digital Economy Act 2010 addresses a range of areas within the digital and communications industry, a sector which accounts for around 8% of GDP.
22 April 2010
Welcome to the spring 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.
17 December 2009
The Rome II Regulation1 contains specific provisions for Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), to determine the applicable law in the event of a cross-border dispute occurring within the EC. It does not cover which court has jurisdiction over a particular case, but rather what law or laws it should apply.
15 April 2009
Two employees of GE Healthcare have been awarded £1.5 million in compensation for making an invention of outstanding benefit. This is the first time a UK Court has made an award under Section 40 Patents Act 1977. This note examines the practical effect of the decision for innovative companies and the reasons for the decision.
16 March 2009
This briefing examines the circumstances in which the protection afforded to unregistered trade marks against later trade mark
registrations can survive beyond actual use in the course of trade.
16 March 2009
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25 November 2008
This article, written for Computers and Law, explores Norwich Pharmacal orders and their increasing relevance in helping claimants identify online wrongdoers.
10 April 2008
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15 January 2008
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