Look before you tweet
Across many consumer-facing industries social media has, in many cases, become the preferred way of reaching large sections of the marketplace through what can be very innovative and often niche-targeted campaigns. The on-going rise in the use of social media across the UK reflects the increased use in this medium of communication. The results from the last Office of National S…
Court rules ISPs must block access to The Pirate Bay
The High Court in England has ruled that five major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the UK must block their users from accessing the file-sharing site “The Pirate Bay”.The Pirate Bay was launched in 2003 in Sweden and allows users to search for and access copyrighted material such as music, movies, games and TV shows.The judgement came as a result of an action raised again…
Tobacco packaging under scrutiny
The European Union and several governments, including the UK, are considering introducing legislation to ban branding on tobacco products. However, it is not certain whether such a law would be lawful.The only country that has passed such a law to date is Australia. The legislation, which is due to come into force on 1 December 2012, will mean that tobacco products will be sold…
Have boy band taken wrong direction?
A lawsuit has been filed in the federal court of Los Angeles, alleging that UK boy band One Direction have infringed the trade mark rights of a US band of the same name.The UK One Direction have enjoyed substantial commercial success in both the UK and the US since being formed as part of the TV show X Factor in 2010. They are managed by Simon Cowell and his associated companie…
Facebook Fights Back
Social network Facebook has launched a counterclaim in response to the patent infringement action brought against it by Yahoo!. Yahoo! launched the action against Facebook in March of this year, claiming Facebook infringed several patents owned by Yahoo! in the design of certain features of its website. These relate to internet services such as online advertising, instant messa…
Page 1 of 45
Connect with us: