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The Court of Justice has confirmed the Advocate General’s opinion (reported by Browne Jacobson) on copyright protection for football fixture lists. In its decision the court found that the determination of all the elements relating to a single football fixture (date, time, venue etc) is a data creation activity. As such, this activity is irrlevant in an assessment of whether the fixture list has copyright protection.
The decision represents a serious blow to Dataco, as there seems to be no scope now for the English court to find in their favour. Football fixtures lists (and similar listings) have already been found not to attract database right protection and now cannot, it seems, be adequately protected by copyright. All this, in circumstances where everyone agrees that the level of intellectual effort and skill in determining all the elements relating to a single match is significant.
Lord Justice Arnold has applied the guidance of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to the evidence before him, in the long standing trade mark dispute between Sky and Skykick.
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The Hiscox Cyber Readiness report, a review of 3300 organisations, will be a stark warning for CEO’s of SME’s in the UK and in Europe.
How secure is your fitness tracker? (Not to mention your smartwatch, sleep tracker, smart shoe insoles and wearable Bluetooth keyboard). It’s something that many of us give little thought to, but perhaps we should be more concerned.
The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the long-running Cartier dispute of 13 June 2018, overruling the Court of Appeal
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