Podcasts
Looking forward, looking back series
We are pleased to bring you our first podcasts for 2009, in which we speak to a range of leading practitioners from our Expert panel about the biggest stories to shape the legal landscape in 2008 and important developments to look out for in 2009. We cover the following topics:
- Trade marks, copyright and patents
- Implications of the economic downturn for IP
- Privacy
- Outsourcing
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- Trade marks, copyright and patents (mp3)
- Implications of the economic downturn for IP (mp3)
- Privacy (mp3)
- Outsourcing (mp3)
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Expert panel
Rachel Boothroyd, K&L GatesRachel is head of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology department in the London office of K&L Gates. Rachel brings her passion for and knowledge of the technology industry to provide commercial advice to clients on protection, enforcement and licensing of technology and all types of intellectual property rights. Other contributed content |
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Mike Conradi, Kemp LittleMike is a commercial technology partner at Kemp Little. He specialises in providing commercial and regulatory advice to businesses buying, selling, building or using technology and has a particular interest in communications matters. Other contributed content |
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Hilary Pearson, Practical Law CompanyHilary is a member of Practical Law Company's IPIT & Communications professional support team. She is a consultant to Bird & Bird, having previously been a partner in the firm's IP department for 11 years, practising in all areas of contentious and non-contentious IP&IT law. After a tenancy in London patent chambers, she spent ten years practising as a US lawyer and US patent attorney, first in Silicon Valley and then in Texas. Other contributed contentIn her capacity as an editor for the PLC IPIT & Communications service, Hilary contributes Legal updates to the weekly e-mail on patent-related developments. Hilary also writes other materials for the service and her contributions include the Practice note on IP rights in the semiconductor industry. |
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Judith Rauhofer, Practical Law CompanyJudith is a member of Practical Law Company's IPIT & Communications professional support team. She qualified as a solicitor in 1999, having previously qualified as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany. She practised for four years at Lewis Silkin, specialising in data protection, e-commerce and general commercial law, before joining PLC in 2001. Judith is also a Research Fellow for Law, Information and Converging Technologies at the University of Central Lancashire, where her research focus is on data protection law, a field in which she has published articles and presented papers at conferences and workshops. Other contributed contentAs a member of the PLC IPIT & Communications service's professional support team, Judith regularly produces Legal updates on data protection. She also contributes Standard documents and Practice notes to the service, such as the Practice note on Data protection and new technologies. |
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Rob Sumroy, Slaughter & MayRob is head of the technology and outsourcing practices at Slaughter and May. He specialises in outsourcing, information technology, intellectual property and data protection. His practice focuses on major outsourcing, systems development and integration agreements, and the development of global licensing strategies in a diverse range of sectors, including financial services, technology, telecoms, retail, sport, media and pharmaceuticals. Other contributed contentCopyright liability on the internet: issues for service providers |
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Dan Tench, OlswangDan is a partner in the Litigation & Arbitration Group and is head of Judicial Review & Public Law at Olswang. He specialises in administrative law, human rights law, commercial litigation, media law (including defamation, contempt, copyright, data protection and privacy) and sports law. Other contributed content |
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Tony Willoughby, Rouse LegalTony Willoughby is a consultant at Rouse Legal. He joined the Trade Marks Department of The Distillers Co. Ltd in 1970, moved to Herbert Smith in 1973 and joined Rouse Legal in 1994. Tony has particular expertise in trade mark enforcement matters. |
Sources and related content
Trade marks, copyright and patents
Sources referred to in this podcast
Victor Wilson v Yahoo! UK Limited and Overture Services Limited [2008] EWHC 361 (Ch), 20 February 2008
Intel Corp. Inc. v CPM UK Limited, Case C-252/07, 27 November 2008
O2 Holdings Limited and O2 (UK) Limited v Hutchison 3G UK Limited, Case C-533/06, 12 June 2008
(1) L'Orèal SA (2) Lancome Parfums et Beaute & Cie (3) Laboratoire Garnier & Cie v (1) Bellure NV (2) North West Cosmetics Limited (3) HMC Cosmetics Limited (4) Malaika Investments Limited (5) Shure Enterprises Limited (6) Saveonmakeup.co.uk (7) Starion International Limited [2007] EWCA Civ 936, 10 October 2007
Ryanair v Vtours (unreported)
Symbian Limited v Comptroller General of Patents [2008] EWCA Civ 1066, 8 October 2008
G 0002/06, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation stem cell patent application, 25 November 2008
Related content
Legal update, High court rules on use of trade mark in keywords and sponsored search results
Legal update, ECJ rules in Intel trade mark dilution case
Legal update, ECJ gives judgment in O2 comparative advertising case
Legal update, Court of Appeal refers L'Oréal "smell-alike" perfume case to ECJ
Legal update, Court of Appeal reconsiders approach to software patents
Legal update, EPO Enlarged Board gives ruling on stem cell patent reference
Privacy
Sources referred to in this podcast
Max Mosley v News Group Newspapers Limited [2008] EWHC 1777 (QB), 24 July 2008
Applause Store Productions Limited and Mathew Firsht v Grant Raphael [2008] EWHC 1781 (QB), 24 July 2008
David Murray (by his litigation friends Neil Murray and Joanne Murray) v Big Pictures Limited [2008] EWCA Civ 446, 7 May 2008
This podcast contains extracts from the speech by Paul Dacre, editor in chief of the Daily Mail, at the Society of Editors Conference 2008, and a BBC Radio 4 news broadcast.
Related content
Legal update, High Court rules on Max Mosley privacy case against the News of the World
Legal update, High Court awards damages in Facebook privacy and libel claim
Legal update, Facebook: reputational risks for corporates
Outsourcing
Sources referred to in this podcast
Practice note, Main issues in outsourcing contracts
Practice note, Outsourcing overview
Practice note, Due diligence in outsourcing
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