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An NHS trust has been issued with a reprimand by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for failing to respond to subject access requests (SARs) in a timely manner. Article 12(3) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires data...
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has refused applications to strike out two claims of breach of contract, or alternatively for summary judgment on the claims, concluding in each case that the claim must go to trial . The claims involved two...
The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, announced by the Government in the King's Speech, is to be introduced to Parliament this year. The UK's existing cyber security regulations, the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 , were inherited from...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to a local authority in respect of a breach of Article 5(1)(f) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation. The local authority had included a spreadsheet in its response to a Freedom of...
If you believe that a competitor has made unfair use of your intellectual property, it is essential to obtain expert advice as soon as possible. Recently, a company that sold equestrian safety clothing failed in its High Court copyright infringement claim ...
If a business objects to the registration of a UK domain name by someone else, it can seek to have the domain name transferred to itself through Nominet UK's Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). A major supermarket chain recently succeeded in securing the...
The High Court recently ruled on a claim by AGA Rangemaster , the manufacturer of AGA cookers, that a company which also supplies range cookers had infringed its trade marks. The company's cookers were fitted with an electric control system, which could...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Electoral Commission after hackers gained access to the information on the Electoral Register. Hackers gained access to the Electoral Commission's server in August 2021 by...
If a business discovers that someone else has registered a UK domain name which is similar to its own name or trading style, it can make a complaint to Nominet UK through its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). Recently, a DRS complaint made by an...
A financial services company has succeeded in its appeal against a High Court ruling that it was not entitled to claim ownership of a trade mark registered by an LLP carrying out business on its behalf. The LLP was set up in 2007 as part of the...
