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HE and FE institutions are being invited to sign-up to a new set of open metadata principles.

Two new reports from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) emphasise that increasing amounts of money are being invested in products and services that have IP protection.

The ICO has issued a warning to health organisations to do more to protect patients’ personal information. 

A recent report published by UK Trade and Investment emphasises how intellectual property protection is related to an increase in foreign turnover.  

A single European patent looks ever more likely as agreement is reached on the detail of a unitary patent.

A free online course, Intellectual Property Rights for Educational Environments (IPR4EE) has been launched aimed at those involved in developing online and/or open learning and teaching resources.

Two new Creative Commons Compatibility Wizards help users determine licence compatibility when blending CC licensed resources into new OERs.  

The Information Commissioner has ordered the Cabinet Office to disclose the details of 24 individuals earning over £150,000 per year.

Following on from our earlier post on the Cookie Directive, the amended rules on cookies are now in force in the UK.

A data controller is able to anonymise originally-personal data to make it free of data protection law constraints.

A Sheffield Hallam University student faces extradition to the U.S. on charges of copyright infringement. 

Two recent cases have highlighted the risks of posting inappropriate comments to social networking sites.

A new law that comes into force today (14 June 2011) in England and Wales will make it easier to protect patent and design rights.

The ICO has issued its most severe penalty yet for a series of data protection breaches.  

Peer To Patent is an online system that aims to improve the quality of issued patents.

The ICO has published guidance on enforcing the new rules allowing a one year 'lead in' period for institutions to comply.

The IPO has issued new strategy guidance for universities on how best to use their institution's intellectual property.

The Hargreaves copyright law review calls for a loosening and simplification of some aspects of copyright law.

The European Commission has launched a consultation on cloud computing.  This will feed into the European cloud computing strategy due to be presented in 2012.

Users of online photo-sharing service may have unwittingly signed away the rights to their own images.