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TechBlogger article on SAS v WPL software copyright case
Brodies’ IP litigation partner, and TechBlogger, Gill Grassie has an article in the latest edition of the CIPA journal on the High Court’s recent decision in the SAS v WPL copyright case. The case is important because it confirms that there is no copyright in the functional aspect of com...Latest Meltwater copyright decision gives comfort to internet users
Last month, the Supreme Court handed down its latest judgement in the long-running Meltwater case. This latest appeal considered whether merely viewing content on the internet could infringe copyright. Whilst the Supreme Court has referred the matter to the European Court of Justics for clarificatio...Amazon and Kindle library story highlights limited rights over digital media library
Yesterday the media picked up on the story of “Linn”, who was notified by Amazon that her account had been closed because it had been associated by Amazon with another account that had been closed for abuse of Amazon’s polices. Amazon has apparently refused to provide any further i...IPR infringement and mobile apps – why Apple provides an online reporting tool
Last week’s iOS Dev Weekly email contained an item on the online facility provided by Apple to allow you to report alleged IPR infringement issues with apps on the App Store: …If you are having copyright or trademark issues [or in fact any other IPR] with your app Apple now have a dedica...iHard: Bruce Willis and ownership of downloaded content
It seems that last week’s widely-repeated story that Bruce Willis was preparing to sue Apple for ownership of songs downloaded from iTunes was unverified and probably untrue. Journalists can be forgiven for hedging their bets however, as resale of digital assets a complex subject. In fact, y...Free guide to protecting your intellectual property
Are you interested in finding out more about the intellectual property that you or your organisation creates or usses in your business? Would you like to learn about the steps you can take to protect your intellectual efforts and prevent others from copying your work? Often intellectual property r...e-update on ECJ decision confirming the right to resell used software licences
We have this morning issued an e-update to clients and contacts on a recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision on the rights of licensees to resell licences for downloaded software. The e-update is based on my recent blog. The case The case involved the US software giant Oracle, and a German c...Is ACTA dead in the water?
The European Parliament has delivered a resounding veto to the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). In my previous blog on ACTA, I wrote about the widespread opposition to ACTA on the grounds that it contains: …vaguely worded provisions which could potentially allow internet service pro...Reselling “used” software licences – what does the Oracle decision allow you to do?
Last week, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) published its decision in a long-running German case between a company called UsedSoft and the US software giant Oracle. The case hit the headlines because the ECJ held that a software company such as Oracle could not stop a licensee from reselling his ...Orphan works – copyright framework to be updated for the digital age
You may remember last year that legal action was raised in the US for copyright infringement in relation to Google’s digitisation project that made thousands of books held in major US libraries available online. The action stemmed from the fact that a number of the books made available by Goog...