Extracts from the Judgment of Lord Sumption: Public Relations Consultants v Newspaper Licensing Agency

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Please see attached a Note with a few useful extracts from the Judgment of Lord Sumption in Public Relations Consultants v Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd [2013] UK SC 18. The point of appeal has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Non-disclosure and non-circumvention agreements: the Court of Appeal judgment in ‘Dorchester Property Management’

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Please see attached a further discussion of the recent Court of Appeal decision related to non-disclosure and non-circumvention agreements, in relation to the disclosure of confidential information.

Litigating a Non-Disclosure Agreement all the way to the Court of Appeal? – A salutary warning

Please see attached a link to an excellent blog written by the Intellectual Property commentator Mark Anderson on his IP Draughts Blog, on the recent case of Dorchester Project Management Limited v BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory and Property Management UK Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 176. The main judgment was given by Lady Justice Arden on 7 March 2013. A Summary of further points to consider will follow shortly in a second blog on this case, prepared by the External Projects Team.

The link to Mark Anderson’s IP Draughts blog is at:

“No-one ever litigates the wording of an NDA”: wrong!

the link to the case of Dorchester Project Management Ltd v BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory and Property Management Ltd is at:

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/176.html

Newspaper Licensing Agency (et al) v Public Relations Consultants Ltd (et al): temporary downloading of copyright from the Internet

 

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Please see attached a short note of the appeal currently before the UK Supreme Court regarding the ambit of the section 28A exception to copyright infringement (the making of temporary copies) and when the section 28A exception could be relied upon.