13th July 2000 | marketinglaw

Website designer’s copyright obligations underlined by Chancery judgement

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

The defendant was a website designer contracted to design a website which was to sell antiques on-line. Topic: Contract Who: Antiquesportfolio.com v Rodney Fitch & Co When: Spring and…
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Surfers assailed by tidal e code wave

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

Giving consumers confidence in the process of buying on-line is, we are told, the golden key to UK/European take-off for b to c commerce. Topic: Selling on-line Who: ASA,…
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Seasonal blip of holiday ad complaints exercises ITC

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

Haven Holidays’ Teletext ad offered four-night family breaks in Yorkshire from £136 but a viewer trying to book one was told that the cheapest available was £218. Who: ITC…
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Key message of Spice Girls/Aprilia damages award

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

Elsewhere in Newsfeed we report on the claim by the Spice Girls’ loan-out company (“SGL”) for unpaid fees under an endorsement contract with AWS, the service arm of Italian scooter…
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Is there copyright in photos of paintings and antiques? UK:yes/US:no

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

Rather like buses, after a long dearth two cases focusing on a copyright law chestnut have come along at once either side of the Atlantic, and both involve digital use…
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Implied notice plea gets short shrift

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

As they threatened from the start, summarily dumped M&S knitwear supplier Baird duly sued the retailer for breach of contract and on an estoppel argument. Topic: ContractWho: Marks &…
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Hirst case underlines importance of registering 3D designs

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

Following Charles Saatchi’s purchase of it for £1million, Damien Hirst’s 20 ft bronze sculpture “Hymn” was claimed by toy maker Humbrol to infringe its rights in the exactly similar (though…
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e-commerce directive finally signed off

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

Electronic Commerce Directive approved by European parliament and adopted Background: The Directive on "certain legal aspects of Information Society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market" is…
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Data privacy: UK/EU/US update

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

As the UK’s Data Protection Commissioner announced a record rise in the number of complaints over the misuse of personal data held by third parties, there have been a number…
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Belgian bid to bottle Rioja ruled offside

Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Jul 2000

Spain successfully fought off a Belgian challenge, supported by Holland, Finland and Denmark, to the Designation of Origin (the EU system for protecting the names of products made in particular…
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