News

• 15 Sep 2011
  Fraudulent whiplash claims: a pain in the neck
  There has been much discussion in the media recently about personal injury claims arising out of car accidents, especially fraudulent whiplash claims and the phenomena of “Crash for Cash” scams.
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• 15 Sep 2011
  Twitter tests “tweets” trademark
  Twitter is taking ad network Twittad to court to try and invalidate Twittad’s US trademark “Let your ad meet tweets”.
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• 14 Sep 2011
  Bert and Ernie …still in the closet
  A recent story on the BBC website confirmed that Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie “will not marry”.
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• 14 Sep 2011
  Brangelina Envy
  Last week’s two-parter on the BBC on international adoption, featuring previous Apprentice candidate Saira Khan, went some way to dispel the myths regarding adopting abroad caused by high-profile celebrity adoptive parents.
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• 14 Sep 2011
  Hedge Rage
  Plans to create new laws to tackle the “thorny" issue of neighbourly disputes over high hedges have been announced.
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• 13 Sep 2011
  Sugababes and Bucks Fizz – a potent brew
  There has been press coverage recently of separate trademark disputes between current and former members of both of these bands.
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• 12 Sep 2011
  How to stop your trade mark becoming a XXX site
  Morton Fraser reminds trade mark owners to take action before Friday 28 October.
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• 8 Sep 2011
  Sex, violence and madness - but it’s old age that really shocks
  Are we still prejudiced …until it’s our turn?
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• 8 Sep 2011
  The urban myth of ‘Common Law Wife’
  There is no such thing as a “common law spouse" in Scotland!
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• 2 Sep 2011
  Bribery Act enforced for the first time
  Munir Patel will go down in UK legal history as the first person to be prosecuted under the Bribery Act 2010.
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