In the latest twist in the battle over 13 Bob Marley songs, including the famous ‘No Woman, No Cry’, the Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment dealing with copyright ownership of those works. The case involved the interpretation of contracts, the extent to which the contracting…
On 8 May 2015, His Honour Judge Hacon handed down judgment in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) in respect of a copyright infringement claim. The case provides a helpful analysis of when an inference of copying may be established; in what circumstances late applications to introduce new…
On 5 May 2015, the General Court of the European Union ruled that there exists a likelihood of confusion between Sky PLC and Sky IP International’s (“Sky”) trade mark for “SKY” and two marks applied for by Skype, namely the logo and the word mark “SKYPE” (“the Skype…