The Newspaper Licensing Agency v Meltwater: an internet copyright case with "implications for many millions" *

United Kingdom - April 18 2013
The English Supreme Court has said that temporary copies made automatically when browsing the web should not usually infringe copyright. As the issue…

Co-authors: Nick Cunningham.

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Is this evidence of real value? Yes/no - further guidance on consumer evidence in trade mark disputes from the Court of Appeal *

United Kingdom - April 17 2013
The ongoing trade mark dispute between Interflora and Marks & Spencer has been the focus of several of our earlier alerts as it has already resulted…

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English Court of Appeal surveys the usefulness of witness evidence obtained via consumer surveys *

United Kingdom - November 27 2012
This Court of Appeal judgment is yet another judgment in the long-running trade mark infringement litigation, concerning the use of Google AdWords, between Marks & Spencer and Interflora.

Co-authors: Alexandra Brodie.

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CJEU provides clarity on the sending and receiving of data *

European Union - October 24 2012
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has provided guidance on whether website use of the content of a database protected by the sui generis database right amounts to 'extraction' or 're-utilisation' for the purpose of assessing infringement. It has also confirmed where that use is to be regarded as having taken place.

Co-authors: Gordon Harris.

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Another Patents County Court non-binding preliminary opinion *

United Kingdom - October 4 2012
His Honour Judge Birss QC issued his first "preliminary non-binding opinion" on the merits of an infringement action at a case management conference in the Patents County Court earlier in the year.

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