Blog Detail
Intellectual Property, Trade Mark, Patent, Copyright and Technology law commentary from Azrights Solicitors
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The aim behind this blog is to produce interesting articles and snippets of news on Intellectual Property and Technology law. The posts will comment on matters that will be of interest to small or SME businesses or to those wanting to know more about how Intellectual Property works and furthers business objectives. We hope to provide a holistic perspective – crossing the boundaries between disciplines – and to avoid being purely legally focused as there are already many such Intellectual Property blogs in existence. We draw for inspiration and news from existing Intellectual Property blogs, but our approach will bring together insights from other areas too like internet marketing, branding, and entrepreneurship.
Recent Posts
Google News and Pay Walls
Often people want up-to-date news on a global, regional and local scale. They might even want news tailored to their interests. It is always more reassuring to be given news from multiple sources rather than one, as it gives the impression of a more ...
Brands: Trade Marks and Domain Names Chapter 1 of Book: Why Web 2.0 Brand Protection Requires Online Brand Promotion
When I wrote the introduction to my proposed new book in early November Why Web 2.0 Brand Protection Requires Online Brand Promotion, I hoped to publish this chapter shortly afterwards. Needless to say, life got in the way, and it is only now that ...
Food Regulations and Compliance
In building an internal market where goods are able to freely move across borders, food became the subject of a number of European regulations. The main regulations passed in 2002 enounce the essential principles to protect the consumer interest in t...
Facebook Page Vanity URLs
In the most recent episode of the Facebook usernames-for-companies saga the organisation has reduced the eligibility requirements to 25 fans. In our previous discussion of Facebook usernames we noted with interest the volatile minimum number of fan...
Are social networking sites doing enough to protect children?
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre Head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, Jim Gamble, is not convinced as the main social networking sites lag behind in providing sufficient security for our teens against the occurr...
Crocs Trade Mark Infringement
Crocs Fashionista-at-law reports the trade mark action brought against Crocs by Porsche over use of the name CAYMAN, which is one of Crocs’ best selling brands. The dispute arises because Porsche has a European Community Trade Mark for CAYMAN which...

