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Court of Appeal confirms Apple must publish non-infringement decision
We have blogged a couple of times in the last few months on the Samsung v Apple case in England in which Samsung obtained a Court order that its Galaxy tablets 10.1, 8.9 and 7.7 did not infringe Apple’s registered design for the i-Pad. Most recently, I wrote about the order which Sams...Design rights reform – two weeks until IPO consultation closes
The IPO‘s consultation on the proposed reform of the legal framework for the protection of designs is due to close a fortnight today (2 October). The consultation is a further step towards implementing one of the key recommendations of last year’s Hargreaves Review and follows an earlier...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...Taking a bite out of Apple
Following my colleague John McGonagle’s blog on the recent Samsung v Apple case in the High Court in London, there has been an interesting further development in this battle of the tech giants. An order for Apple to publicise the decision of the High Court As John noted in his blog, Samsung w...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...Samsung “not as cool” as Apple, says High Court judge
I wrote last month about the smart phone “patents war” currently underway between what I described as a “tangled web of enmity and informal alliances amongst software developers, mobile handset manufacturers and telecoms operators”. Although I felt that summarising the bat...Brodies launches Intellectual Property survey on how organisations value their intellectual assets
In conjunction with ADS, SCDI and ScotlandIS, Brodies is launching a 60 second survey to identify how key intellectual property (IP) assets are dealt with and the IP issues which matter most to businesses today. We want to hear your views and appreciate your participation. Year on year investment i...