Tag Archives: Copyright
Help me, Obi-Wan Jacobi; you’re my only hope!
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… well, in 1976 California, Lucasfilm began developing Star Wars. The iconic Imperial stormtrooper helmets and uniforms were made by Andrew Ainsworth and his company Shepperton Design Studios Limited in England. He … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, Intellectual Property
European Parliament and Council: pistols at dawn?
The Bois de la Cambre outside of Brussels was once a regular venue for “pistols at dawn”, and 30 December may yet again be a fateful date. According to a Press Release from the European Parliament, the Parliament and Council … Continue reading
Filed under Intellectual Property, Telecoms Regulation
Skype -v- Joltid: Ebay did their IPR due diligence?
As the VoIP peer-to-peer telecommunications service Skype is almost universal (currently almost 13m users online at the time of this post), there has been quite a bit of excitement about the recent Securities and Exchange Commission quarterly filings made by … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, Intellectual Property
Creative Uncommon?
Do you know what this symbol means? We admit we did not know, either, until we read a survey report on the use of Crown Copyright carried out by Bunnyfoot for the Office of Public Sector Information. Yet this is … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, Intellectual Property
Copy Rights
As a result of the UK’s very limited private use exceptions under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, some everyday copying is technically unlawful. In particular, simple format copying is unlawful – the law prevents you from doing simple acts … Continue reading
Filed under Intellectual Property
Andrew Sharpe
