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How can I protect commercial ideasconcepts?

  • Clarkslegal LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 14 2013

Hollywood film-maker, James Cameron, recently won a lawsuit brought against him by a visual effects consultant, Gerald Morawski, alleging that the

BLG Monthly Update

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Argentina, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 19 2012

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find

Peer to peer (P2P) legislation

  • Abril Abogados
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  • Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 13 2012

Since 2006, when the first European Regulation against illegal downloading was enacted by Finland, most of EU Member States have followed the example

IP snapshot - October 2012

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • November 29 2012

In order to prove genuine use of a trade mark, a proprietor may rely on use of a form which is different from that registered, if the differences between the two forms does not alter the distinctive character of the trade mark

Can you be sued for looking too much like yourself? Sony claims trademark infringement for fictional character

  • Speechly Bircham
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 31 2012

Several years ago, Sony created a fictional character called Kevin Butler (played by Jerry Lambert) who was depicted as vice-president of Playstation and starred in its adverts for the Playstation 3 brand

The famous, the unknown and the deceased

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 29 2012

The protection of image rights namely, the right to exploit and prevent others from using one’s name, image or likeness does not come under a codified body of law in the United Kingdom and instead relies on various sources for enforcement

2012 Limitations on celebration

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 20 2012

Planning an Olympic edition of your product or even a special patriotic 2012 line?

Developments in communications sector: Department for Culture, Media and Sport update on review of communications sector

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 12 2012

On 7 June 2012, DCMS published an update on its work on reviewing the communications sector in order to update and reform its legislation and to help secure the UK’s place as the technology hub of Europe

A guide to the app maze - what to consider when commissioning an app

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 11 2012

On this podcast Sam Price, our intellectual property and technology law expert and Alex Price an app developer from Homegrown Software chat about apps

Social media a new tool in IP disputes?

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 5 2012

Tatty Devine, the jewellery designer and retailer, recently turned to social media when it thought Claire’s Accessories had copied a number of its designs