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21.06.16
Nissan to sue Brexit campaign for use of logo in trademark infringement case
It is understood that car manufacturer Nissan is to take legal action against the Leave campaign group for trademark infringement arising from the use of its logo in campaign literature. On one of the Leave campaign’s flyer the Nissan logo appears next to those of four other major companies, including Unilever and Vauxhall, with the message: “Major…
Read more25.05.16
Zoo refused gagging injunction against animal cruelty charity
In Heythrop Zoological Gardens Ltd (T/A Amazing Animals) & Anor V Captive Animals Protection Society EWHC/IPEC (20 May 2016), a company that supplies animals to the TV and film industry was refused an interim injunction to prevent an animal protection charity publishing photographs and video clips taken on their premises. The Defendant charity, Captive Animals’…
Read more19.05.16
Supreme Court rules celebrity threesome privacy injunction to stay in force
In the long-running saga of PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2016] UKSC 26 the Supreme Court has ruled by 4-1 in favour of maintaining a privacy injunction through until trial. The injunction was originally granted by the Court of Appeal on 22 January 2016. It prevents the publication of a story concerning an anonymous…
Read more26.04.16
Stalking and harassment: why aren’t we doing enough to stop it?
Following reports about the seven year ordeal suffered by Lily Allen, stalking is back in the mainstream media. Most people will be familiar with the term ‘stalking’. Unfortunately, familiarity can breed contempt: many people, including, significantly, many Police Officers, still either fundamentally misunderstand what stalking is, or fail to appreciate how serious a problem it…
Read more12.04.16
Court of Appeal grants "celebrity threesome" privacy injunction and then discharges it
The Supreme Court is currently considering an appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal to discharge a non-disclosure injunction it granted itself earlier this year. Until the Supreme Court has reached its decision the injunction in PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd – the “celebrity threesome gagging order” – will remain in force. As with most privacy…
Read more26.10.15
High Court grants injunction after celebrity revenge porn threat
In JPH v XYZ [2015] EWHC 2871 Mr Justice Popplewell considered an emergency application for an injunction to restrain the publication of intimate images. The application was made after the Defendant threatened to publish photographs and videos of the Claimant (a successful actor) which were of a sexual nature and created whilst they were in a relationship. The Defendant had threatened to post the videos and…
Read more25.09.15
Corporate defamation claims and claims against anonymous parties
Brett Wilson LLP partner Iain Wilson is interviewed by Susan Ghaiwal. This article was first published on Lexis® PSL IP&IT on 24 September 2015. Does Brett Wilson LLP v Persons Unknown highlight how courts should approach anonymity in online cases? Iain Wilson, partner at Brett Wilson LLP, explains that the judgment shows courts recognise the harm that anonymous…
Read more16.09.15
Brett Wilson LLP awarded damages and injunction for defamatory posting
Brett Wilson LLP has been granted an injunction prohibiting the publication of a false and defamatory posting at a successor website to the controversial Solicitors from Hell website. The law firm acted for the Law Society in the landmark class action which saw the original website closed down by the High Court in 2011 (The Law Society & Ors v Kordowski…
Read more5.08.15
Council obtain harassment injunction against ‘irrational’ and ‘obsessive’ resident
In Cheshire West and Chester Council and others -v- Pickthall [2015] EWHC 2141 (QB), a local authority (joined by two of its officers/employees and two of its members, all of whom acted in a representative capacity) sought interim injunctive relief to protect its officers, employees and members from harassment, contrary to the Protection from Harassment…
Read more30.07.15
Airbnb ordered to disclose details of complaint by guest who gave B&B owner a ‘long massage’
In Mark Howell v Airbnb UK Ltd (23 July 2015) Airbnb, an online company facilitating a bed and breakfast booking service from local hosts worldwide, was ordered to disclose full details of a complaint from a female guest against a male host which had resulted in his membership being withdrawn and 21 future bookings via…
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