Intellectual Property News

There has been a lot of discussion and media attention, some of which has been sensationalist and often misleading (read headlines such as, "social media users lose ownership of th...

The official theme for the day which is held on 26 April every year is "Get up. Stand up. For music" referencing the classic Bob Marley track which is an inspiration to human right...

Use of 3D printing technology is not yet commonplace.  However, we are starting to reach a point where private individuals and businesses are seriously thinking about what 3D print...

All too often film viewers avoid paying for films and download what they want to watch, when they want to watch it, in contravention of the law.  A recent landmark Australian decis...

The European Court of Justice has been asked to consider whether the EU Copyright Rules should be changed in order to prevent public service broadcasters from re-transmitting TV pr...

The new Apple smart watch is due to be released in 9 countries on 24 April 2015. However, the release of the watch in Switzerland has reportedly been delayed due to an earlier file...

Google has lost its appeal to have an earlier High Court ruling set aside. A group of internet privacy activists previously alleged that Google had violated privacy settings and ha...

Pinterest is a photo-sharing website where users can upload and pin and save images onto pin boards so that they can manage events and interests.   Pinterest Inc USA have been usin...

Last week proved to be a successful week ("Strike Week") for the National Crime Agency ("NCA") who had dedicated a week to targeting those committing cybercrimes. The NCA launched...

On 20 February 2015, we reported on the PC maker Lenovo pre-installing Superfish Adware (a programme that injects third-party ads on Google searches and websites without the user's...

The Superfish adware was automatically installed on a number of Lenovo's laptops until January 2015. The software injects third-party ads on Google searches and websites without th...

The first criminal trial to use iPads in a bid to reduce paperwork got underway yesterday.  Members of the jury sitting on a three-month fraud trial at Southwark Crown Court were h...