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Restrictive covenants - are you looking at the whole picture?
28-06-2012 13:21
CEF Holdings Ltd and another v Mundey and others [2012] EWHC 1524 9(QB) In this case the High Court decided to refuse an application for an order to enforce restrictive covenants against former employees.
Update on New Top-Level Domain Names
20-06-2012 13:28
Regular readers of our blog will recall our previous update regarding the application process for new generic Top Level Domain names.
Intellectual Property Audit
14-06-2012 09:04
Do you know exactly what Intellectual Property Rights your company owns?
Pre-Action Protocols
11-06-2012 10:38
As part of its attempts to reduce the costs of litigation and/or resolve disputes (where possible) without recourse to the courts, the court has produced a number of “Pre-Action Protocols” following Lord Woolf’s Access to Justice report in 1996. The protocols offer guidance to parties engaged in a dispute as to matters to be considered and steps to be taken before proceedings are commenced.
STAY TO ARBITRATION
07-06-2012 09:05
Merit Process Engineering Limited -v- Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (HY) Limited [2012] EWHC 1376 (TCC). In this case the Defendant, Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (HY) Limited (“Balfour Beatty”) applied for an Order staying the Court proceedings brought by the Claimant in this matter, Merit Process Engineering Limited (“Merit”) so that the disputes between the parties might be resolved by Arbitration rather than by Court proceedings.
PRS for Music changes to licence fees for Diamond Jubilee
02-06-2012 10:28
PRS for Music is a collection of songwriters and music publishers which licenses other organisations to play music, which is protected by copyright, on behalf of its members. Organisations who wish to broadcast music publicly will need a licence to do so.
Inframatrix Investments Ltd v Dean Construction Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 64 (03 February 2012)
31-05-2012 11:12
In our newsletter, SPW 114, issued in the Autumn of 2011, we considered the first instance decision in this matter. That decision has now been appealed to the Court of Appeal for consideration.
Dispute between Neighbours – A case for mediation?
28-05-2012 09:48
Faidi & Anor v Elliot Corporation [2012] EWCA Civ 287 (16 March 2012) This case involved a dispute between neighbours in a prestigious block of flats in London. Carpeted flooring had been removed from an upper flat and replaced with timber flooring benefitting from underfloor heating. The downstairs neighbours took exception to the noise created by this and sought to enforce a covenant in the lease of the property requiring floors within the flats (save for the bathroom and kitchen) to be carpeted, however, both the court at first instance and the Court of Appeal concluded that the timber flooring had been installed with the freeholders consent and the freeholder had waived the right to strictly enforce the terms of the lease of the premises which had required that floors be carpeted.
gTLD on ice!
24-05-2012 09:55
On 21 May 2012 ICANN announced the reopening of its software system for applications to register generic top-level domains. ICANN had closed the system temporarily on 12 April following the discovery of an apparent security “glitch” making it possible for some applicants to see the application details of others.