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									<title>Firms launch legal challenge to Digital Economy Act</title>
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									<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>TalkTalk and BT are launching a High Court challenge to the Digital Economy Act in a bid to get it repealed. The telecoms firms believe the...</description>
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									<title>Google reclaims rights to email address</title>
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									<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Users of Gmail, the email service from Google, will soon be able to benefit from much shorter addresses after the internet giant won a legal dispute...</description>
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									<title>New powers granted to Information Commissioner's Office</title>
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									<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>In a bid to reduce the number of breaches on personal data, new powers have been given to the Information Commissioner&#039;s Office (ICO). Serious...</description>
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									<title>EU-wide patent a step closer?</title>
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									<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>A new package of measures has been agreed upon in Brussels, which may make it easier for people looking to secure their intellectual property in...</description>
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									<title>Asda clashes with Specsavers in IP dispute</title>
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									<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Asda is facing an intellectual property battle with Specsavers over trademark infringement in an online advertising campaign. The supermarket chain,...</description>
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									<title>Exclamation marks cannot be registered, court ruling states</title>
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									<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Companies which include an exclamation mark in their name will not be able to use it as part of their trademark, a European court ruling has stated....</description>
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									<title>Legal 500 demonstrates strong support from clients</title>
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									<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>The excellence and professionalism of the team at B P Collins has been underlined with the publication of the latest Legal 500 rankings.

The...</description>
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									<title>Websites 'breaking consumer protection laws'</title>
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									<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Over half of websites selling electronic goods in the EU are falling foul of consumer protection laws, an investigation has discovered. In a survey...</description>
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									<title>Unique Facebook URLs 'potentially infringe copyright laws'</title>
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									<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Facebook&#039;s decision to allow its subscribers to create their own unique URL could potentially infringe copyright and trademark laws, revealed...</description>
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									<title>Businesses 'unwittingly' breaching Data Protection Act</title>
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									<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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									<title>UK privacy of communications laws 'need revision'</title>
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									<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Laws in the UK to protect the privacy of communications are insufficient, the European Commission has ruled, with some websites collating details of...</description>
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									<title>Construction worker blacklisting 'a breach of Data Protection Act'</title>
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									<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>The Information Commissioner&#039;s Office (ICO) has launched an investigation after it found a database listing the details of construction workers,...</description>
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									<title>Outsourcing 'presents data security threats'</title>
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									<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Outsourcing operations overseas has massive implications for companies&#039; data protection strategies, says Frank Jennings, writing for SC...</description>
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									<title>Technology &#38; IP - The year that was...</title>
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									<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Simon Deans, partner in the technology &amp; IP team shares his comments on the experience of the technology market for law firms in 2008.

It was...</description>
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									<title>Technology and IP cases - 2008 review</title>
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									<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
									<description>Procurement 
 
Advising our client, a national waste management and recycling group of companies, on its invitation to tender relating to the...</description>
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