Intellectual Property News

A report authored by computer security firm Kaspersky, and reported on BBC business news today claimed that cyber bank robbers, with members spread as far as Russia, Ukraine and Ch...

Where a business has directed its activities to an EU member state in which a consumer is domiciled it can generally only sue the consumer in that member state and the consumer can...

A recent High Court decision on whether a contract was validly terminated confirmed that express notice provisions in a contract must be strictly adhered to in order for the notice...

Sky News is reporting that High street fashion chain Forever 21 is being sued by Adobe for allegedly using pirated copies of Photoshop. The Los Angeles based retailer, Forever 21,...

UK-based designers' organisation and lobby group Anti Copying in Design (ACID) has announced a brand-new scheme to protect designers and deter infringers. In today's climate of i...

A 124-year-old family business was ruined with the loss of over 250 jobs within two months because of a typographical error at the UK government's registry of companies, Companies ...

We have all had those experiences where we've suddenly been distracted by a mobile phone lighting up (for example, why is it impossible to not be distracted by somebody's phone lig...

If you have been following the saga at fallen Scottish football club Rangers you will know that their fall from elite ranks to ignominy is all but complete. The once great Club ov...

As reported previously (see post of 21.01.15) the cost of bringing a claim is set to rise. Another organisation has now joined in the chorus of disapproval over the new court fees...

The government has announced that it will go ahead with its proposal to introduce percentage issue fees for money claims over £10,000, calculated as 5% of the value of the claim su...

On 27 November 2014, two sets of regulations ("Regulations") governing company, limited liability partnership (LLP's) and business names and the use of 'sensitive' words in such na...

As we all know, the advent of the digital age has made communication almost instantaneous.  Contact is now global at the touch of a button and information on pretty much anything i...