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New Zealand’s High Court has ruled that the country’s main conservative political party are guilty of misappropriating the song Lose Yourself by US rapper Eminem. Judge Helen Cull, who made the ruling, determined that the National Party would have to pay NZ$600,000 (£314,000) to Eight Mile Style, Eminem’s music publisher. The political party had used […]
Latest figures estimate that over 130,000 people living in the community aged 65+ have suffered financial abuse at some point since turning 65*. This, it would appear, is only the tip of a largely unreported financial abuse iceberg, according to David Lockwood of Finders International. The UK’s current demographic is providing near perfect conditions for […]
Around ten months back, the US Supreme Court concluded that a previous ruling in favour of Apple was unjust and sent the case back to District Court. Now just last weekend, a District Court judge in California wrote in a retrial for the Apple Vs Samsung case surrounding three iPhone 3G patents. The retrial date […]
DLA Piper has advised China Eastern Airlines (CEA), one of the largest Chinese airlines operating domestic, regional and international routes, on its strategic investment in Euronext Paris listed Air France-KLM. CEA and another SkyTeam alliance member Delta Air Lines each acquired a 10 percent stake in AFK’s share capital within the framework of reserved capital […]
The words ‘no deal’ are a prevalent occurrence in recent Brexit rumours. It’s also true that this seems to mean different things to different people. If current Brexit talks end with a no deal, which is likely on the cards, what do you think would be the legal ramifications, for example what would happen in […]
The UK Chancellor’s reported slashing pension tax relief for older workers is misguided, short-sighted and counterproductive, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial services organisations. deVere Group CEO Nigel Green’s warning comes as it is widely rumoured that Philip Hammond will reduce pension relief for older workers in his 22nd November […]
Following the recent expiration of Amazon’s infamous 1-Click US patent coupled with the Federal Circuit’s remarkable ruling in Visual Memory, Nick Shipp, Partner at Kilburn & Strode, explains the need for more stricter specifications and how these decisions affect patent law in Europe. The recent decision in Visual Memory LLC v NVIDIA Corp. (Visual Memory) […]
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