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  • FCUK Trade Mark - not invalid

    United Kingdom 10.07.2006
    The fashion retail group, French Connection Limited, saw its right to register its Trade Mark ‘FCUK’ upheld when an appeal to the Appointed Person was rejected on 17 May 2006. French Connection...

  • UK RoHS Regulations to come into force on 1 July 2006

    United Kingdom 27.06.2006
    The DTI has published revised Regulations on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“RoHS”). These Regulations will implement the EU RoHS Directive...

  • ID card scheme delayed

    United Kingdom 14.06.2006
    The Government’s ID card scheme which only recently obtained the go ahead after much controversy looks likely to be delayed. The Government’s original intention to complete the first phases...

  • Patent office launches new mediation service

    United Kingdom 13.04.2006
    This month the UK Patent Office launched a new mediation service for the resolution of intellectual property disputes. It covers all intellectual property rights and, particularly if combined with the...

  • OFCOM publishes Annual Plan on day that convergence becomes reality

    United Kingdom 04.04.2006
    Ofcom, the regulator for the UK communications industries (with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services) published its 2006/2007 Annual Plan today....

  • Finally ID cards get the go-ahead

    United Kingdom 31.03.2006
    A last-minute compromise over Government plans to introduce ID cards has been struck, ending the long-running battle between the Commons and the Lords about whether the scheme should be compulsory. On...

  • London 2012 Olympics: ambush marketing

    United Kingdom 17.03.2006
    “We can all be winners from the Games coming to Britain” announced the Government on the successful London Olympic Bid. Apart from a few multi-million dollar official corporate sponsors, the...

  • Further blow to the ID Cards Bill

    United Kingdom 08.03.2006
    Following our previous Law-Now in January ("ID Cards Bill in crisis over cost") , which reported that MPs suffered their first major setback when peers voted to block the proposed ID Cards Bill until major...

  • Patents: Supplementary Protection Certificates 2005 developments

    United Kingdom 01.03.2006
    The ‘Liechtenstein Loophole’ concerning the effect of a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product being granted in Switzerland in connection with an application for an SPC was at last...

  • Patents: procedure and evidence 2005 developments

    United Kingdom 01.03.2006
    With more active case-management from the Courts following the introduction of the CPR and streamlined procedure, parties need to themselves be prepared from the early stages of litigation to seize the...

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