The case of Louis Vuitton v Google involves trademark infringement. Proceedings were initially raised in France, but the French court referred a number of questions to the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") which has now, after a lengthy process, issued its decision.

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are set to take place between 23 July and 3 August 2014.

For a period of 24 hours, beginning at 5am on 18 January, Wikipedia has joined the blackout protest against U.S. anti-piracy campaigns.

As widely reported, McDonald's Corporation, the multinational fast food chain, has lost an eight-year trademark infringement dispute with a small Indian restaurant in Malaysia.

The recent Scottish case of "Khaliq v Londis (Holdings) Ltd" has cast some doubt on the rather exceptional principle of "Melville Monument" liability.

The European Commission are holding an online public consultation on cloud computing, and are seeking comments, suggestions and feedback from general members of the public, businesses and public administrators.

The controversial clause of the Digital Economy Bill which allows the Secretary of State to make changes to copyright law using secondary legislation, is to be diluted after a severe backlash from consumer groups, members of the public, businesses and several members of the House of Lords.

Have you ever answered a call or read a text message from an unknown number, just to realise it is an advert for something you never wanted, sent by a company about whom you have never heard?

The issues surrounding the protection of sensitive data have been particularly scrutinised in recent months after what seems a never ending headline of data loss.

Following the announcement that the Construction Act changes will come into force in Scotland on 1 November 2011, SBCC have published their standard form contracts, with the new changes tracked in so they can be easily spotted - the SBCC Tracked Change Documents.

On 4 December, the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill which includes amendments to the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 received its first reading before the House of Lords.

In six months' time - if the Government's target date of October 2011 is met - many of the familiar provisions of Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 will be swept away, when Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 is brought into force.

Draft Regulations have been published containing details of developments which will be considered "major" in relation to the development hierarchy to be introduced under the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006.

The purchase of off-site materials has always been an area fraught with risk for contractors and employers; even more so with the increasing threat of supplier insolvency.

RIBA have released a "BIM Overlay" to the RIBA Plan of Work.

In September 2008 the Chancellor announced that residential property costing less that £175,000 would be exempt from Stamp Duty Land Tax (commonly known as Stamp Duty) for all purchases completed between 3rd September 2008 and 2nd September 2009.

It has recently been suggested in the press that HMRC has started using "little known" powers to demand an upfront payment of VAT from companies that have purchased businesses through pre-pack transactions.

The EAT outlined that a multi-factorial approach should adopted to determine whether the individual is "working" by being present.

The Court of Appeal has now dismissed Unison's latest appeal against its judicial review application challenging the legality of these fees.

On 19 January, the Scottish Government published the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016.