An increasing number of people are getting their news online rather than from newspapers, or television. Mobile devices, and the proliferation of wi-fi have made it easier than ever for the tech-savvy to stay on top of current...

September 27, 2010

In a competitive market setting your products apart from other people’s is key to maintaining an edge. Product design is often an important characteristic of a brand. It could even be the USP of the business.

Where,...

October 11, 2010

Google has recently won a case in Spain against Spanish broadcaster Telecinco regarding its video sharing site YouTube. Telecinco claimed that YouTube was responsible for copyright infringement when its users posted material which...

October 11, 2010

Recently, nearly a year after the latest French anti-piracy law reached the statute books, the French government agency HADOPI began to see the first batch of notices sent out to ISPs identifying IP addresses allegedly...

October 14, 2010

Shireen Smith will be speaking at the London School of Economics on the 27th of October. The talk is part of a series of sessions run by the university for their students.

October 14, 2010

Shireen Smith will give a talk to entrepreneurial students from a variety of disciplines at the London School of Economics on the 1st of December. The talk will last two hours, and cover subjects and experiences relevant to people...

October 18, 2010

Shireen Smith will be speaking on the impact that Web 2.0 and Social Media have had on the business world.  The talk will also cover the risks associated with taking a business online, how these can be managed, and the...

October 25, 2010

A trade mark can be refused where it is descriptive of the goods and services it covers. This could be where the mark ‘designates the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value or geographical origin’ of the...

October 29, 2010

It’s easy to forget about things as you focus on the look and feel of the website and a good privacy policy could quite easily be one of them. But a privacy policy is essential for your website, as data protection and other...

November 1, 2010

In September, the Swiss Federal Court ruled that an anti-piracy company in Switzerland, Logistep, must cease collecting the IP addresses of users sharing files on peer-to-peer networks.

IP addresses are used to route...

November 2, 2010

Yesterday in our November newsletter we mentioned the Legal Services Act (sign up to receive future editions using the form on the right), and how from October 2011 the Act will allow non-law businesses to own a stake in law...