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• Arsenal wins on replay CA 21/05/03
• R v Johnstone [2003] UKHL 28, 22 May 2003 House of Lords. Bizarre situation created with the Court of Appeal judgement in Arsenal v Reed handed day earlier.
• Irvine & ors v Talksport Ltd (01/0/4/03). Damages (£25,000) for implied endorsement based on going rate for endorsement deal.
• Youatwork Ltd and another v Motivano Ltd (02/05/03). Injunction granted requiring reinstallation of MVL technology and injunction granted prohibiting interference until end of termination period in licensing agreement.
• Royal Society publishes report on the effects of IP on the conduct of science (14/04/03).
• ICC's Commission on IP 2003 Intellectual Property Roadmap is now online.
• Cray Valley Ltd v Deltech Europe Ltd & others (16/04/03). Information did not have the necessary quality of confidence and not imparted in circumstances giving rise to an obligation of confidence.
• Germany puts levy of 12 Euros on PC's to compensate for private copying.
• Transferring ownership of domain name ending .uk will from 19th May carry a fee of £35 plus VAT
• FIFA World Cup 2002 game banned in Germany because goalkeeper Oliver Kahn did not give permission for his image to be used.
• Patent Office issues notice on commercial exploitation of human embryonic stem cells
• Internet company (cd.wow.com) sued for selling cut price CDs and DVDs imported from Hong Kong.
• Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) in dispute with Abbott over royalties on rheumatoid arthritis drug.
• Carlton Film Distributors Ltd v VDCL Ltd (19/03/03) Norwich Pharmacal order awarded in relation to pending action against licensee company.
• OK's exclusivity in Douglas/Zeta-Jones wedding photos upheld on basis of trade secret rights.