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  1. Kindles in Waterstones. Another step towards to the extinction of paper books? bit.ly/LbuVlE 1:56 AM May 21st via Tweet Button
  2. Fascinating case (for IP geeks anyway)! Hollywood v local pub called "The Hobbit" re right to use the name tiny.cc/fod4aw 9:37 AM Mar 13th via web
  3. SOPA/PIPA will have global effect, but unlikely to survive US legislatative process in current form gu.com/p/34ncm/tw via @guardian 3:02 AM Jan 18th via Tweet Button
  4. Confidentiality post-employment.What not to do when seeking interim interdict against former employee, summary by IPKAT j.mp/xsGzP9 3:21 AM Jan 13th via Tweet Button
  5. Here's my take on the English Court of Appeal decision in NLA v Meltwater on copyright and hyperlinking. Enjoy!... tiny.cc/x3e4r 6:48 AM Oct 6th, 2011 via web
  6. Pub Landlady wins round 2 against Sky in ECJ bbc.in/p64GKg .But will it change anything? I'll tell you once I've read the judgement! 2:17 AM Oct 4th, 2011 via web
  7. UK firm unfairly dismissed employee for Facebook comments, Tribunal rules out-law.com/en/articles/20… ... ok but I still wouln't recommend it! 8:49 AM Sep 28th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  8. ECJ "Keywords" Ruling likely to mean that you can purchase and use others TM's as so long as you don't use the TM in the visible advert! 4:34 AM Sep 23rd, 2011 via web
  9. Use of keywords will depend on High Court's view of trade mark reputation out-law.com/en/articles/20… 4:09 AM Sep 23rd, 2011 via Tweet Button
  10. j.mp/oOIAR3 court summons served via Facebook... done in Austrialia and now England, matter of time before it is used in Scotland? 8:07 AM Jul 8th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  11. RT @reuters: Scottish independence has sympathetic ear in rest of UK - poll http://reut.rs/ifIcOD 7:37 AM May 13th, 2011 via web
  12. From @techradar - UK ISPs formulate new plan to block The Pirate Bay http://techradar.com/937606 8:06 AM Mar 23rd, 2011 via web
  13. Everyone should be worried about super-cookies! http://tiny.cc/mg7xd 2:51 AM Mar 17th, 2011 via web
  14. Interesting from an IP perspective...Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results searchengineland.com/google-bing-is… via @sengineland 3:09 AM Feb 7th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  15. ECJ could overturn football's business model if advisor's opinion followed | Pinsent Masons LLP out-law.com/page-11763 via @struan99 2:44 AM Feb 7th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  16. Someone having another bash at JK rowling.... http://www.out-law.com/page-11455 Never going to happen, copyright doesn't protect ideas! 2:44 AM Oct 18th, 2010 via web
  17. Looking forward to starting the Diploma in Intellectual Property and Practice at Oxford Uni on 5 September! 2:19 AM Aug 11th, 2010 via web
  18. All this publicity about AdWords and TM infringement will be great for Google -takings for AdWords are bound to sky rocket from 14 Sept! 4:46 AM Aug 9th, 2010 via web
  • Name Craig M Smith
  • Location Edinburgh and Glasgow
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  • Bio I work within the Intellectual Property and Technology Group at Biggart Baillie and advise on all aspects of intellectual property law.
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