September 25, 2015

The internet is awash with articles and opinion pieces about the Data Protection furore and the potential demise of the Safe Harbour, leaving very little else knocking around in the Interesting IP world. These there are still worth a read though: Donald Trump sent a cease and desist letter to a clothing company for infringing

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September 24, 2015

Ok, so the BIG news over the last 24 hours has been the ruling relating to Data Protection, Facebook, Ireland and the Safe Harbour Rules – See HERE There was more big news yesterday when Happy Birthday hit the headlines again! I’ve posted about this a few times recently, but the decision was handed down

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September 23, 2015

So this just broke! Keep checking back and I’ll update this post with new links to new sites as they arrive: For starters: http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0923/729706-eu-us-data-privacy/ http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/23/us-intelligence-services-surveillance-privacy http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-eu-data-transfer-pact-should-be-invalidated-says-advocate-general-1442998520 http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/eu-us-data-sharing-contradicts-protection-rules-and-breaches-privacy-1.2362881 http://www.zdnet.com/article/safe-harbour-data-sharing-rules-are-invalid-say-european-court-expert/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/2985466/us-protection-of-europeans-personal-data-is-inadequate-says-eu-court-official.html http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/euus-data-sharing-deal-not-valid-ecj-rules-in-irish-facebookmax-schrems-case-31551267.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/court-advised-to-ban-us-spies-from-accessing-online-data-of-europeans-31551354.html

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September 23, 2015

I’ve already posted today about the BBC trying to Trade Mark The Tardis and a big Sky/Skype/SkyPrivate bun fight I’m expecting, but there was also all these applications for Trade Marks filed in the OHIM yesterday I don’t want you to miss out on! First off, there’s a new whiskey in town, and it means

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September 23, 2015

Yesterday, the British Broadcasting Corporation filed a Trade Mark Application seeking Europe wide protection for a “Police Public Call Box”. That, of itself, seems like an unusual thing to want to have a Trade Mark in, but as many Dr Who fans will have already figured out, this is no ordinary “Police Public Call Box”,

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