NIPC Law

Royal Courts of Justice Author DCastor   Public Domain Dedication   Source Wikipedia, Royal Courts of Justice Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Miles) Capitol Records and others v British Telecommunications Plc and others [2021] EWHC 409 (Ch) (25 Feb 2021 This was an application by representatives of the British sound recording industry for an order under s.97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 requiring the 6 largest internet service providers in the UK accounting for 91% of the fixed-line internet market to block their subscribers' access to a website known as "NitroFlare" on the grounds that that site infringed the claimants' copyrights on a massive scale.  The application came on before Mr Justkce Miles on 3 Feb 2021. In  Capitol Records and others v British Telecommunications Plc and others [ 2021] EWHC 409 (Ch), which he handed down on 25 Feb 2021, he grated the claimants' application. The Legislation S.97A provides: "(1) The Hig...

Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (Ms Amanda Michaels)   Madine and Another v Phillips and Others [2017] EWHC 3268 (IPEC) (13 Dec 2017)  Thelma Madine  makes wedding addresses.  According to Amanda Michaels, who tried an action that Mrs Madine brought against Miss Leanne Phillips and her mother Mrs Pauline Phillips, two of her former employees, for design right and copyright infringement and passing off, "the hallmark of her dress designs is their extravagance, not just in terms of the price of the gowns, but in terms of the size and weight of the skirts, which tend to have to be supported by hoops (like a crinoline), and the elaborate nature of the decoration applied to the dresses." Mrs Madine was featured in the Channel 4 documentary  My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding   which was broadcast some years ago. The Action One of Mrs Madine's customers was a bride who is referred to as "Delilah" in Miss Michael's judgment....