The long-awaited European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision as to whether Google’s AdWords service constitutes trade mark infringement has been reached. In 2005 LVMH owner of luxury brand Louis Vuitton successfully sued Google in France for trade mark infringement and was awarded £278,000 in damages. The Paris Tribunal of First Instance agreed with LVMH’s arguments […]
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Cookies are plain text files which are usually very small in terms of the amount of information they store but which perform essential functions on the internet. The common feature of cookies is that they are used to distinguish one browser (one person) from another and this can be used for a number of purposes, […]
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TakeLegalAdvice.com was launched in March 2007 by Mark Wyatt and Mary Heaney. Mark was former publisher of The Lawyer magazine and founder/publisher of Legal Week. Mary Heaney was founding editor of Legal Week and The Lawyer and launched ground-breaking award ceremonies, directories and large scale networking forums around the world. As well as heading up […]
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With the launch of the data.gov.uk beta website – providing access to over 2,500 central government datasets – comes a new licensing model for government information which it is intended will be launched government-wide by the end of May 2010 to replace the existing “Click-Use” licence. The new licence is interoperable with the Creative Commons […]
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Since 2007 Perren Buildings has been pioneering a way for solicitor advocates to work together in criminal practice. The last few years have seen solicitor advocates emerging as a significant presence in the Crown Courts, but we recognised that traditional firms do not necessarily offer the right support and career opportunities to Crown Court advocates. […]
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When was the last time you reached for phone book when you needed a hotel, a florist, or indeed a solicitor? We’re much more likely to reach for Google than the Yellow Pages, and “Local Search” is about how the internet presents geo-targeted information about your business, including location maps, customer reviews and detailed information […]
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Lawrence Graham LLP is a leading UK law firm. With over 60 partners and 200 lawyers, we offer clients legal and business solutions based on practical, commercial advice. LG’s clients operate in a variety of business sectors, most notably in real estate, public sector, hospitality and leisure, banking and financial services. LG introduced digital dictation […]
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Blog beginnings Addleshaw Goddard started using social software over three years ago by using WordPress to run two blogs for a couple of our business services teams. The IT team replaced a traditional weekly email newsletter with a blog. This covered reports on the various activities they were engaged in, together with more informal posts […]
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It was only a matter of time before Google turned its attention to the law – and we now have Legal Opinions on Google Scholar which opens up access to full text legal opinions from US federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts and via a Cited By feature links to other cases and […]
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Here is an update following the article in the November/December 2009 issue. On 18 February 18 US District Judge Denny Chin, who is considering the terms of the Google Books settlement, announced that he would “end the suspense” by revealing that he would not rule on the settlement just yet. It is reported that there […]
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The new Supreme Court is the UK’s most technologically advanced court. One remarkable innovation is that, in each of the three courtrooms, there are four fixed cameras. These record all proceedings for display on large monitors in the exhibition area. Although the sittings of the Court are not yet made available on the Web or […]
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Here are some ideas about how firms could simplify their life, cut out unnecessary processes, and thereby make – or save – more money. Many of these ideas involve the use of IT and build on the use of email, your web site and internet access to legal resources. I hope you can find at […]
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