Public Domain in UK Law
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EPI Environmental Technologies Inc. and Another v Symphony Plastic Technologies Plc and Another
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In my judgment, what Lord Denning is saying is that a recipient of mixed information should take care only to use the public information. If he uses the private information he can only do so on pain of payment. Obviously the easiest way to establish that only public information has been obtained is to go to the public sources.
Relying on Seager, Mr Hobbs QC submits by the provision of the additive itself EPI provided that product in confidence and that product and that provision in that way was confidential private information which Symphony could not use.
If there is something secret or confidential which they thereby merely copied that would be actionable. However, a thing does not become confidential merely because it is supplied confidentially. However, take one example. Suppose EPI supplied Symphony with a formula for making a very special cake which would be very unique to EPI. A lot of the ingredients would be common ingredients, but it would be contended that the resultant product is arrived at by use of the secret formula.
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Norbrook Laboratories Ltd v Bomac Laboratories Ltd
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Hilton v Barker Booth & Eastwood (A Firm)
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Since he may not prefer one duty to another, he must perform both as best he can. This may involve performing one duty to the letter of the obligation, and paying compensation for his failure to perform the other. But in any case the fact that he has chosen to put himself in an impossible position does not exonerate him from liability.
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The Good Law Project v Minister for the Cabinet Office
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The fact that individuals at Public First were known to and had worked with those involved in the decision making, including the Defendant and Mr Cummings, is insufficient to establish apparent bias. I accept the submission of Sir James Eadie that those acquaintances did not preclude Mr Cummings from making a lawful judgment as to whether Public First was suitable for appointment to carry out the research work needed.
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Fullam v Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd
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For instance, the facts may be very well known in the area of the newspaper's distribution - in which event I would think it would suffice to plead merely that the plaintiff will rely on inference that some of the newspaper's readers must have been aware of the facts which are said to give rise to the innuendo.
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The Export Control Order 2008
... ... in the public domain ... ...
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Digital Economy Act 2010
... ... copyright and performers' rights; to make provision about internet domain registries; to make provision about the functions of the Channel Four ... ; to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984; to make provision about public lending right in relation to electronic publications; and for connected ... ...
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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
... ... F444 4: Public awareness ... ...
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The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
... ... “Belarusian authority” means— ... (a) public bodies and agencies subordinate to the President of Belarus, including the ... (b) (b) in the public domain" ... (4) For the purpose of paragraph (3)— ... (a) (a) software is \xE2\x80" ... ...
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Public Domain Software on File
Public Domain Software on File offers a great wealth of programs on subjects that range from biorhythm to physics. Many of these can be of great use to many people. However, the package also contai...
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‘Dedicating’ Copyright to the Public Domain
This article explores whether authors can dedicate their copyright to the public domain. Such dedications are becoming increasingly relevant as authors now see the expansion of the public domain as...
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Reconstituting the Global Public Domain — Issues, Actors, and Practices
This article draws attention to a fundamental reconstitution of the global public domain — away from one that for more than three centuries equated the ‘public’ in i...
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New Rights Advocacy in a Global Public Domain
Social and economic policy decisions are increasingly being taken in a global public domain in which national/transnational boundaries are blurred, and the `public' ...
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High Court Ruling Helps Protect Confidentiality of Arbitral Awards
The High Court recently held that a party was not free to disclose an arbitral award even though that award had already entered the public domain. Notably, the ruling may have significant implicati...... ... an arbitral award even though that award had already entered the public domain. Notably, the ruling may have significant implications for parties ... ...
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World Online Gambling Law Report - September 2012
Originally published in "World Online Gambling Law Report" in September 2012. 185 British Olympic and Paralympic medals (63 of them gold), the most British Olympic medals since 1908, the first...... ... -related integrity issue appears to have made its way into the public domain in respect of the Olympics or Paralympics. Perhaps this is a ... ...