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August 6, 2010
The EU Regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods (see here) were passed in 2006 to ensure consumers were not mislead by unsubstantiated health claims on food packaging. With a greater interest in health...
August 9, 2010
In their article earlier this year, the Ipkat drew attention to the fact that there is a marked separation between the worlds of trade marks and branding.
More often than not the two are not addressed collectively, but are...
August 16, 2010
When a site stores personal details for subscriptions, memberships or the like, there are certain legal regulations it has to take into consideration to stay on the right side of the law. The Data Protection Act sets...
August 19, 2010
Along with the introduction of digital music purchases, came the rise of DRM restricting how it could be used. With traditional media, music was generally freely playable and transferable, but over the past decade we have...
August 23, 2010
As more of us buy E-readers to read books digitally, the much discussed “death of the book” debate resurfaces. Will digital books replace actual physical copies? Reportedly, on Amazon more people are buying...
August 24, 2010
When something bad happens to a big, well known business, we’re all surprised. Recent examples are the bail out of the Royal Bank of Scotland and the oil spill disaster that seriously damaged BP’s brand and finances....
August 24, 2010
In previous posts I have commented both on the ‘End of Lawyers?’- a book by Richard Susskind and also on the Legal Services Act, which are two commonly discussed items by those interested in the UK law...
August 31, 2010
The IPKAT reported recently that the BBC is preparing to take the publishing company HarperCollins to court over a book that reveals the identity of the Stig from Top Gear. The Stig never removes his helmet on the show,...
September 6, 2010
In earlier posts we have written about the continuing battle between file sharing members of the public and the record and film industries, covering their attempts to discouraging infringement through legal action, and ...
September 8, 2010
Sky has apparently been battling against Skype for the past 5 years over the ‘Sky’ part of their name. Sky claims that its rights in the ‘Sky’ name are infringed by Skype, and that people are confused into...
September 10, 2010
Businesses are often surprised to learn that trademarks, unlike domain or company names, do not have to be the same to prevent others from using or registering them. Similar names are also covered. Some interesting...
September 17, 2010
Facebook’s new ‘places’ application has sparked another debate over privacy. The new feature, which arrived today for UK users, encourages people on Facebook to share their location with other members of the...
