A report in the Guardian earlier this week said that broadband providers, including BT, Virgin Media, BSkyB and Talk Talk have been asked to create a database that will monitor customers who download pirated material, including books, music, television shows and films.
Campaigners To Exploit Changes To Copyright Designs & Patents Act
Animal rights campaign group Peta has announced that it will exploit the changes to the UK’s strict parody laws when amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 are brought in later this year.
I Won’t Buy Fakes!
Earlier this month, City of London Police unveiled their I Won’t Buy Fakes campaign, as part of its Intellectual Property (IP) crime unit, aimed at tackling copyright infringement.
Trade Mark Conundrum
Experts have described the recent ruling by the Intellectual Property Office, in which it refused to allow Nestlé to trademark the four-finger shape of its KitKat bar, as “remarkable”.
UK Copyright Hub Pilot Online
A pilot version of the ‘Copyright Hub’, recommended by the Hooper report, went online last month in a bid to make it easier for people to track down and license copyrighted works legally on the internet.