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Patent Office changes its name

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Website Content

New requirement, as from 1 January 2007, for companies to state their details on websites and other electronic documents. Read more

Protecting your work

You’ve spent hours choosing a witty, innovative name for your new business, your first product is ready for production and you can already visualise the marketing campaign. But how can you stop others helping themselves to the fruits of your labours? The law can help you protect your ideas and brands in a number of different ways. Read more.

Hockney sale highlights new rights for Artists

An important new right has been enjoyed by Britsh artists since February 2006, which allows them to share in the increase in value of their work - the “Artists Re-Sale Right”, created by the UK’s implementation of the EU Artists Re-Sale Right Directive. Read more.

The Internet Age and the Laws of Libel –V– Free Speech

The recent publicity surrounding the removal of allegedly defamatory material from the parenting website Mumsnet, reportedly at the insistence of lawyers acting for the childcare expert Gina Ford, has highlighted the difficulties posed by the application of libel laws in the age of the internet. Read more.