News & Insights (Press and Publishing)

Google not liable for defamatory content on its Blogger.com platform – conflicting decisions from the English High Court

Tamiz v Google Inc [2012] EWHC 449 (QB) Eady J (2 March 2012) and Davison v Habeeb [2011] EWHC 3031 (QB) HHJ Parkes QC (25 ...

Defamation Bill Update: The UK Government responds positively to the Joint Committee's report

Taylor Wessing analyses the UK Government's response on the draft Defamation Bill. Key issues that are covered ...

Child sport stars can be public figures, says English High Court

Spelman v Express Newspapers [2012] EWHC 355 (QB) The English High Court has lifted a privacy injunction awarded to Jonathan ...

Copyright in a photograph of a red bus travelling over a black and white Westminster Bridge

What copyright protection do photographs of common scenes have in the UK and how far does that protection extend? These are the ...

Fundamental overhaul of EU data protection regime unveiled

A package of draft measures aimed at fundamentally overhauling and harmonising the EU’s data protection regime has been published ...

Radar: Technology & Communications Update - January 2012

We’re starting the year with a ‘what to expect’ preview.  In the current climate, trying to predict what lies ahead seems ...

Connecting 2011 and 2012

We have a fresh batch of content on our Taylor Wessing Download site which provides insights into the legal implications of the ...

European Commission opens formal investigation into eBooks

On 6 December 2011, the European Commission announced that it has opened a formal investigation into whether a number of ...

Radar: Technology & Communications Update - December 2011

In our last issue of 2011, we cover the latest developments in two areas which have been recurring themes of the year: online ...

More free speech protection, earlier dispute resolution and lower costs recommended!

Report of the UK's Joint Committee on the draft Defamation Bill Taylor Wessing summarises the report and provides commentary on ...

Where can claimants obtain pan-European relief against online publishers for infringement of privacy?

The CJEU's decision in Olivier Martinez v MGN Limited C-161/10 (25 October 2011) If an article on an English newspaper's website ...

Freedom of Speech on the Web

We have a fresh batch of content on our Taylor Wessing Download site which provides insights into the legal implications of the ...

Radar: Technology & Communications Update - September 2011

It’s been a rather more eventful summer news cycle than usual this year what with the phone hacking scandal and the riots. ...

"Publishing Law" co-authored by Christopher Benson of Taylor Wessing is published by Routledge

Honest comment: The single meaning rule and additional imputations

Lait v Evening Standard Limited [2011] EWCA Civ 859 Summary In a judgment handed down on 28 July 2011, the Court of Appeal ...

Copyright in newspaper headlines and short extracts

The Court of Appeal's decision in NLA v PRCA / Meltwater The Court of Appeal has given its keenly awaited judgment in the NLA v ...

Super-injunctions and anonymised injunctions – what next?

The last couple of weeks have been tantalising for anyone with even a vague interest in privacy law. Key highlights have been Max ...

What’s in the Hargreaves’ Report and what could it mean in practice?

Professor Ian Hargreaves’ report "Digital Opportunity – A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth" was published on ...

Over complexity and funding gap: potential stumbling blocks for Hargreaves' Digital Copyright Exchange

The Hargreaves Review published today recommends that the Government bring together rights holders and other business interests ...

Lessons from Mosley v United Kingdom

A victory for free-speech but a Strasbourg seal of approval for the UK's current privacy regime As has been widely reported, the ...

What the draft Defamation Bill means in practice

On Tuesday this week, the Ministry of Justice published its long awaited Draft Defamation Bill and Consultation Paper. Our table ...

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less?

The OFT starts a long-awaited investigation into the sale of e-books The OFT has finally responded yesterday to the growing ...

OFT launches investigation into digital publishing

The OFT has finally responded this morning to the growing clamour surrounding the e-book industry by announcing that it is ...

Has Strasbourg Court toppled the no win, no fee regime in media cases?

On 18 January 2011, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg ruled that the costs claimed by supermodel, Naomi ...

High Court rules that there is copyright in headlines and short extracts

The Implications In late November, the High Court delivered its judgment in the Newspaper Licensing Agency Limited (the NLA) v ...

What's in a link? English law issues with linking online

Linking is a hot topic at the moment, in particular with the NLA's ongoing dispute with Meltwater over its news aggregation ...

Who is The Stig?

A court case to protect the secret identity of Top Gear driver 'The Stig' was itself surrounded by secrecy today. The hearing at ...

Gagging bid thrown out

A German doctor who killed the Cambridgeshire pensioner David Gray with an overdose of a painkiller has lost his bid to gag Mr ...

Death of the Privacy Superinjunction?

LNS v Persons Unknown [2010] EWHC 119 (QB) Court refuses to grant celebrity a "superinjunction" to prevent the media ...

Extension of "No Real and Substantial Tort" Defence to Libel Claim

Peter Williams v Mirror Group Newspapers [2009] EWHC 3150 (QB)