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High Court declares standard term limitations of liability unreasonable under UCTA
Decorative supplier Saint Gobain (t/a IDS) used its standard terms which limited its liability when contracting with Hillmead. When the relationship turned sour, the High Court looked at whether the exclusions were reasonable. Georgina Graham reports.
Court summit for Kilnworx climbing centre brand
The botched commissioning of a design agency to create a logo led to a dispute. Equitable ownership of the IP rights turned out to be potentially vital. Legal assignee Atelier Eighty Two was the claimant, but who won? Chloe Deng reports.
Consumer Rights Act receives Royal Assent
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 has been passed and will mostly be coming into force on 1 October 2015. Does it implement an EU Directive and what are the key provisions of which marketers should be aware? Ruth Hennessy reports.
ECJ Case 96/14 underlines importance of “plain, intelligible language”
ECJ Case 96/14 underlines importance of
ECJ Case 96/14 underlines importance of “plain, intelligible language”
Unwell Monsieur van Hove had loan PPI but sued under EU unfair contract laws when insurers CNP refused to pay out for “total incapacity for work” because his sick note allowed him part time working. Ben Dunham reports.
United Airlines cancels thousands of bookings
An exchange rate glitch led to UA Denmark’s website advertising flights from Heathrow to Newark for $76. Thousands of travellers quickly booked, but would they be disappointed? Daisy Jones reports on the lessons for drafters of online sales terms and conditions.
Judgment in Fresh Trading/Deepend dispute over INNOCENT drinks brand rights
No agreement was ever signed by Deepend, creator of the well-known “dude with a halo” brand, giving its client Fresh Trading the copyright. This led to Fresh losing its trade mark registration. But Fresh fought back and Abby Minns reports the result.
Could Ryanair control use of its flight data by PR Aviation without database right?
PR Aviation’s website aggregated low cost airline flight data so travellers could compare and book, paying a commission. Ryanair imposed conditions on use of its flight data. Could these be enforced if database right didn’t apply? Gemma Woodhead reports.
Medical Innovations Ltd’s judgment against ex-employee Eakins’ misuse of databases
After 4 years helping MI design and manufacture endoscopy devices, Mr Eakins left and signed a confidentiality agreement, but still accessed MI’s customer and distributor databases and allegedly used these in a competing venture. Abby Minns reports on the litigation.
Group M challenges Cabinet Office
118 bid to audit data licensee IDS stalls
118 Data Resource Ltd licensed competitor IDS Data to make uses of 118’s customer database. They fell out and 118 exercised a right in the licence to audit IDS’s use of the data. Or so it thought. Ben Dunham reports.
Argentine film production laws bite on global campaigns
