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United Kingdom, USA - September 4 2012
Certain of Samsung's mobile phones and tablet devices (including the Galaxy SII and Galaxy Tab) infringed patents (including design patents), including in relation to scrolling and tap to zoom, and the design of the iPhone 3Gs front surface, its round corners and home button, and the home screen design and icon layout
European Union, United Kingdom - July 31 2012
Ofcom has published a revised version of the Initial Obligations Code for ISPs and copyright owners in an effort to tackle online copyright infringement as per the provisions of the controversial Digital Economy Act.
European Union - July 16 2012
The CJEU has delivered its decision in Case C-128/11 UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp answering questions referred to it by the German court on the permissibility of selling on software licences, and whether the principle of exhaustion of distribution rights in the Copyright Directive (2001/29) applies to software downloaded via the internet under the provisions of the Software Directive (2009/24).
European Union - May 17 2012
The CJEU has recently delivered its decision in C-406/10 SAS Institute v World Programming Ltd, answering questions posed by the English court on the extent to which computer software is protected by copyright under the Software Directive, in particular in relation to functionality and the extent of rights under a licence to use.
United Kingdom - August 10 2011
In the first decision of its kind in the UK, the High Court has held that an Internet Service Provider ("ISP"), in this case BT, must block its customers from accessing an unlawful file sharing site (www.newzbin.com) on the basis that, under s97A Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ("CDPA"), BT had "actual knowledge" of its customers using its service to infringe copyright (in this case the copyright in films and television programmes owned by certain well-known studios).
