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Crowdsourcing - a great concept but are you aware of the legal risks?

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 13 2013

Crowdsourcing is, as its name suggests, outsourcing work to a crowd. Crowdsourcing is not to be confused with crowdfunding, which is raising capital

April 2013 Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 25 2013

In this edition, we continue our coverage of significant IP developments in Europe, Asia, and the United States

Investing in source code: do you really know what you are buying?

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 1 2013

Compared to tangible assets like buildings, machinery and land, software and related IP may present certain specific problems to the investor: it can

L'Oréal SA v Bellure NV: comparative advertising, unfair advantage and imitations

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 30 2010

In L'Oréal SA v Bellure NV 2010 EWCA Civ 535, Jacob LJ applied the findings of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the "smell-alike" case to the Court of Appeal BACKGROUND L'Oréal is the proprietor of various Community and national trade marks in respect of the words TRÉSOR, MIRACLE, ANAÏS-ANAÏS and NOA NOA for perfumes

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v Newzbin Ltd 2010 EWHC 608 (Ch): major victory for film industry against online piracy

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 3 2010

Mr Justice Kitchin's judgment in this case represents a major victory for the film industry against online piracy

The battle of the forms

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2010

The parties involved in Tekdata Interconnections Ltd v Amphenol Ltd 2009 EWCA Civ 1209 (19 November 2009) were part of a chain of suppliers of engine control and had been doing business for many years

Parody, caricature and pastiche: a new fair dealing exception

  • Lee & Thompson LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 28 2013

In November 2010, the Prime Minister commissioned Professor Ian Hargreaves to conduct an independent review of the UK's intellectual property laws

Can you actually own the Sword of Azeroth?

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia, Canada, China, Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam
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  • November 9 2012

The trade in virtual goods is growing fast, with the US virtual goods market being estimated at US$3 billion this year, and the Asian market at over US$10 million

Advertisers beware: Google France v Louis Vuitton Malletier

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2010

The ECJ, last month, delivered the first of their rulings on the question of whether the use of registered trade mark in an Internet Adword or sponsored link constitutes an infringement of that registered trade mark by any of the parties involved

Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision in Interflora v Marks & Spencer

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 11 2013

The Court of Appeal in (1) Interflora Inc (2) Interflora British Unit v Marks & Spencer Plc 2013 EWCA Civ 319, overturned the decision of the High