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United Kingdom - January 31 2013
Evidence from individual consumers identified by means of a survey will be cut right back following a ruling by the English Court of Appeal. This will…
United Kingdom - October 25 2012
The English High Court ruled that a UK importer and seller of replica BMW alloy wheels could not rely on the "repair of a complex product" defense, available under the Community Designs Regulation, holding that the defendant had infringed BMW's registered designs for the wheels.
United Kingdom - July 20 2012
The UK High Court has ordered five of the six largest UK Internet service providers (ISPs) to block UK user access to the well-known file sharing website The Pirate Bay.
United Kingdom - October 25 2011
In a test case brought by Twentieth Century Fox and five other major film and TV production studios, the English High Court has for the first time granted an order requiring an internet service provider (ISP) to implement blocking measures to prevent its users from accessing a website supplying infringing film and television program content.
United Kingdom - July 21 2011
England’s low cost, fast-track IP court, the Patents County Court, has analyzed the requirements for infringement of UK unregistered design rights (UK-UDR) in relation to packaging designs for tortilla-style wraps.
