Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets
The European Commission has now put in place its proposals on overhauling the law relating to trade secrets across the whole of the EU – not a small task by any means, but, the purpose of it (as with much…
Intellectual Property Law Lectures – Universities of Tralee and Limerick
I recently spent a day lecturing at the University of Tralee on Intellectual Property law and in particular the challenges facing businesses in protecting and exploiting their IP. My goal was to ensure that every attendee left with a working knowledge…
Intellectual Property and Employees – you can’t take it with you..
A former Sky employee who took Sky customers' information from its databases and passed it on for use by others was recently guilty in the High Court of: - misusing the company's confidential information; - infringing the firms' database rights;…
Trademark Law – Cadbury and One Shade of Purple
A recent High Court Ruling in the UK has given Cadbury the exclusive right to a certain shade of purple (Pantone 2685C) on its dairy milk chocolate packaging. This was an interesting case as normally colours are only capable of…