Case Studies & Insights

Contracts: Importance of well written Contracts in Business

A vaguely drafted contract led to cross-allegations of misrepresentation between two partners in a restaurant business.

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Contracts: Importance of well written Contracts in Business

Confidential Business Information

A travel agency sued its former employees and their new enterprise for using its confidential data for their own interests.

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Confidential Business Information

Technology Business: importance of an idea to be novel & inventive to claim monopoly

Two manufacturers of cheque fraud prevention systems conflicted over the meaning and scope of one manufacturer’s patent.

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Technology Business: Importance of an Idea to be Novel & Inventive to Claim Monopoly

Data Protection : Failure to safeguard private data

Disgruntled employees of Wm Morrisons Supermarket PLC (“Morrisons”) sued Morrisons for failure tohandle their private data properly as required by the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”).

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Data Protection : Failure to Safeguard Private Data

Software Ownership & Copyright

The Destra Software Ltd and Comada (UK) LLP and Ors case emphasises the importance of a clear and well executed consultancy agreement at the outset for a collaborative software development project.

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Software Ownership & Copyright

Fashion: does copyright exist in fabric design?

A clothesmanufacturer claimed copyright in a fabric design and sued a clothes retailer for selling infringing copies of it.

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Fashion: Does Copyright exist in Fabric Design?

Brand Monopoly & Management

A National Governing Body (“NGB”) for gymnasticssued a newer, smaller organization claiming to be an NGB and offering similar services, for infringement of its trademark.

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Brand Monopoly & Management

GDPR: Data storage and consequences of data security failures

British Airways (“BA”) stored confidential data including names, addresses and card details (“Data”) of its employees and customers on its website, ‘www.britishairways.com’.

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GDPR: Data Storage and consequences of Data Security Failures

Domain Name Dispute

The claimant’s case is related to its claim of ownership in the domain name backjack.com. Blackjack is the most popular card game played in casinos worldwide.

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Domain Name Dispute

Reputation Management: Online articles & jurisdictions

An individual sued an investigative news website and its contributors for data protection, misuse of private information, libel and harassment for publishing various incriminating articles about him.

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Reputation Management: Online Articles & Jurisdictions