The Retail Ombudsman has today announced the launch of a new ‘central register’, due to go live next week, designed to hold contact details for consumers in order to facilitate automatic updates in the event of a product recall.
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The Patents Court has made an order for pre-action disclosure of patent licences.
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We’ve already seen some alliances in click-and-collect between individual retailers – remember the tie-up between Ebay and Argos in 2013
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As from 15 April 2015, retailers will be able to build new ‘click-and-collect’ facilities, such as covered collection points or lockers, without making a planning application.
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New rules will make it harder for retailers in England to convert pubs into retail space.
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A new UK licensing scheme for orphan works has been launched by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
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Mr Justice Arnold in the High Court has awarded Cartier, Montblanc and Richemont an order requiring defendant Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block or impede access by subscribers to six websites advertising and selling counterfeit goods and thereby infringing the claimant’s trade marks.
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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is encouraging SMEs (small and medium enterprises) to use its recently introduced mediation service to solve disputes between rights holders and others.
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The High Court has ruled that a shape mark registration for a Scrabble tile was invalidly registered.
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A strong Court of Appeal (with 2 acknowledged experts in intellectual property), has ruled in favour of Samsung over Apple in the battle of the tablets.
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