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Posted on January 20, 2012 14:27
The Intellectual Property Office is looking for input on the new small patent claims procedures proposals, which have been designed to simplify and speed up the process.
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Posted on January 12, 2012 13:33
The ICO has updated guidance on how public electronic communications service providers should respond to security breaches.
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Posted on December 14, 2011 15:13
A consultation has been announced to gather evidence on proposals to widen copyright exceptions including private copying, non-commercial research and library archiving.
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Posted on December 09, 2011 16:27
The High Court states that even where private individuals are expressing their own views online the requirements of lawful processing in the DPA can apply.
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Posted on December 06, 2011 12:49
The High Court has ruled that search giant Google does not have to pay damages for defamation suffered to a UK intelligence adviser via a blogging platform which Google owns.
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Posted on December 02, 2011 15:34
The Cabinet Office recently published this document in order to encourage effective use of public sector data.
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Posted on November 28, 2011 13:52
Penalties of £60,000 and £80,000 are served after highly sensitive personal information is emailed to the wrong recipients.
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Posted on November 22, 2011 11:58
This guidance is designed to help institutions deal with consent management when sharing personal data across and between institutions and external service providers.
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Posted on November 15, 2011 10:30
New tools being developed will shield personal data and reveal when sites do not respect privacy requests.
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Posted on November 08, 2011 09:44
The OER IPR Support Team will be holding two free half day workshops on Tuesday 6th December 2011 at the Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University, Leicester .
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Posted on October 25, 2011 11:05
This resource, by Tony Kent, aims to provide basic copyright information to guide those involved in the restoration and remastering of old sound recordings.
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Posted on October 18, 2011 10:19
A free patent service has been launched by the Intellectual Property Office.
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Posted on October 13, 2011 16:48
The Protection of Freedoms Bill was read for the third time and passed by the House of Commons on 11 October 2011. The Bill will now be considered by the House of Lords.
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Posted on October 13, 2011 11:32
Proposals in the Protection of Freedoms Bill include amending the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held datasets can be requested and used by the public.
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Posted on September 30, 2011 11:12
Changes to the Protection of Freedoms Bill have been published which are designed to increase protection for unpublished research.
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Posted on September 27, 2011 10:05
The ICO has produced guidance to aid understanding and application of FOI legislation for higher education institutions with a particular focus on research information.
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Posted on September 27, 2011 09:25
New IP guidance to enable businesses to protect their own IP and to respect the IP of others has been launched.
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Posted on September 16, 2011 16:28
A new working group has been set up to examine how UK-funded research can be made more accessible.
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Posted on September 16, 2011 14:51
Raising the awareness and understanding of IP among students is key to achieving an IP savvy graduate workforce.
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Posted on September 14, 2011 15:37
Cloud computing - two further papers by the Queen Mary University of London, School of Law Cloud Legal Project
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Posted on September 14, 2011 12:49
Came into force on 31 December 2009.
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Posted on September 07, 2011 13:51
A medical student on placement at a hospital transferred personal information of patients onto an unencrypted medical stick.
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Posted on September 01, 2011 15:38
A user's consent is required before it is lawful to store and access information on their computer.
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Posted on August 31, 2011 18:21
Online defamation cases in England and Wales have more than doubled in the last year.
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Posted on August 03, 2011 10:25
Recommendations made by the Hargreaves review of intellectual property and growth have been accepted by the Government.
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Posted on July 11, 2011 16:44
HE and FE institutions are being invited to sign-up to a new set of open metadata principles.
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Posted on June 30, 2011 10:45
A single European patent looks ever more likely as agreement is reached on the detail of a unitary patent.
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Posted on June 20, 2011 15:55
The Climate Change Act 2008 requires colleges and universities, directly or indirectly, to take action to reduce carbon emissions in order to contribute to the national targets for carbon reduction... (cont'd)
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Posted on June 16, 2011 16:45
A data controller is able to anonymise originally-personal data to make it free of data protection law constraints.
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Posted on June 14, 2011 14:29
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.
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Posted on June 06, 2011 11:30
Ownership of copyright is key to the use of works created in universities and colleges, as the owner has control over their reuse. ... (cont)
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Posted on June 03, 2011 11:31
We are pleased to announce the launch of JISC Legal Plus - a new staff development service bringing JISC Legal's expertise to your institution at competitive prices... (cont'd)
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Posted on June 01, 2011 11:18
Peer To Patent is an online system that aims to improve the quality of issued patents.
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Posted on May 25, 2011 11:24
The ICO has published guidance on enforcing the new rules allowing a one year 'lead in' period for institutions to comply.
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Posted on May 23, 2011 12:28
The IPO has issued new strategy guidance for universities on how best to use their institution's intellectual property.
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Posted on May 18, 2011 09:41
The Hargreaves copyright law review calls for a loosening and simplification of some aspects of copyright law.
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Posted on April 20, 2011 09:11
This JISC infoNet infokit is an online resource that provides support and guidance to institutions development their RIM systems.
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Posted on April 07, 2011 14:19
Model research collaboration agreements devised by the Lambert Working Group.
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Posted on April 07, 2011 14:16
The Publishers Association / JISC model licence framework for material supplied in electronic form.
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Posted on April 07, 2011 14:07
The Research Information Network is a useful resource for general information for the UK Research and Information community.
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Posted on March 29, 2011 11:12
Cloud computing and data protection, new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
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Posted on March 14, 2011 14:19
The unitary EU patent is a step closer with the agreement to proceed with the support of 25 of the 27 EU countries.
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Posted on March 10, 2011 10:12
Results of the competition to improve the way universities and colleges conduct research and manage their intellectual property rights have been announced.
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Posted on March 08, 2011 14:10
This short briefing paper, produced by the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), demonstrates how the terms of Creative Commons (CC) licences can be embedded into a variety of resources.
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Posted on March 08, 2011 11:06
A new British Standard setting out good practice and principals of ethical behaviour for organisations providing services to inventors has been published.
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Posted on March 02, 2011 10:21
One day workshops for those interested in licensed content for teaching and learning
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:55
According to the UK government, cybercrime is costing the country around £1000 every second.
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Posted on February 22, 2011 08:46
The RIN is holding a free one-day workshops on FOI and research, at Strathclyde University on 12 April 2011, aimed in particular at the higher education research community.
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Posted on February 22, 2011 08:44
The RIN are providing a series of free one-day workshops on Freedom of Information, aimed in particular at the higher education research community.
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Posted on February 22, 2011 08:38
The RIN are providing a series of free one-day workshops on Freedom of Information, aimed in particular at the higher education research community.
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