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31 Mar 2004
A Chinese court last week considered the case of two crocodiles – the trade marks of French clothing manufacturer Lacoste and Singapore-based Crocodile International – and ruled that the Lacoste brand could not be used in China.
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31 Mar 2004
Worldwide music industry group the IFPI yesterday announced that legal action would be taken against 247 file-sharers based in Denmark, Germany, Italy and Canada. Further suits in other countries look set to follow.
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31 Mar 2004
Intel and Dell this week settled a patent dispute with Intergraph, with Intel agreeing to pay the Alabama-based graphics specialist $225 million. The announcement came shortly after news that Intel and Dell are being sued by another patent owner, MicroUnity....
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31 Mar 2004
A US judge yesterday dismissed a 13-year-old lawsuit filed against Walt Disney by the family firm that owns the rights to Winnie the Pooh. Judge Charles McCoy accused the firm of "wilful, tactical, egregious and inexcusable" misconduct.
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30 Mar 2004
With major provisions of the Freedom of Information Act due to come into force on 1st January 2005, the Government yesterday laid an Order before Parliament to add 22 public authorities to the list of those that have to comply with the Act.
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30 Mar 2004
Civil liberties groups from the UK and US have today sent an open letter to the body responsible for standardising travel documents, protesting that current proposals will result in a distributed international database on all passport holders.
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30 Mar 2004
A Japanese District Court judge last week ruled against Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun in its claim for damages against a web site had used its headlines without consent, according to reports.
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30 Mar 2004
Service providers and users are to be consulted on plans by the European Commission to make it easier for businesses to provide services across the EU which will make it easier for companies to set up in other Member States and trade across borders.
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30 Mar 2004
A German subsidiary of the Hertz car rental company has won an injunction against Claria Corporation, previously known as Gator, which delivers pop-up ads on behalf of its clients to third-party web sites without permission from the operators of those...
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29 Mar 2004
A consultation on proposals to allow companies and building societies to use international accounting standards was launched by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Treasury on Friday. Comments should be submitted by 2nd July.
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