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A new working group has been set up to examine how UK-funded research can be made more accessible.

Vince Cable has announced that controversial plans to force ISPs to block websites that host copyright infringing material are to be dumped. 

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.  

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

The Cloud Industry Forum has launched a Code of Practice for cloud service providers.

Identifying changes in the UK's IP system to promote innovation and economic growth.

This significant case confirms that copyright can subsist in a newspaper headline. It also confirms that a user that pays for a web monitoring service requires a licence from the newspaper or the NLA.

Your views are wanted on remedies for innocent infringement of UK registered designs.

A recent official announcement by David Cameron states UK intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to make them “fit for the internet age”. 

ICO has met with representives from the HE sector to discuss the implications of FOI legislation.

Streamlined processes for resolving lower value and less complex IP disputes have been created.

Updated Copyright Toolkit resource for those involved in the creation of teaching and learning materials.

Data protection law needs to provide more clarity on what actually constitutes personal data.

Service providers only become liable once told of specific infringing content and fail to act.

Headlines are too insubstantial to qualify for copyright protection, an Australian court has ruled.

The benefits of the internet in learning are vast, however a new book by Nicolas Carr suggests there are some negative effects on brain activity also, reports the BBC.

The Government has outlined how the cost of tackling online copyright infringement is to be met.