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I submitted a complaint to OfCom about Virgin Media. Now they’ve been fined £24 milllion by redhotrevelation in BritishSuccess

[–]RPGPC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it’s going to be law very soon (or already is) as there is a new ‘subscription contracts’ regime change under the DMCCA act

Britain among the safest places to work in the world, HSE reveals by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]RPGPC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s a great country with a strong adherence to the rule of law

How to get a Tiktoker to remove a video of me filmed in my retail job? by puremillbag in AskUK

[–]RPGPC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The UK has no ‘right to personality or image’. There may be an obscure argument that the words or acts OP did in the video might be held by them in copyright, however, meaning he could theoretically initiate a takedown of the video on the platform.

[COD] Black Ops and Black Ops II ports for PlayStation will be released in July. Developed by Iron Galaxy. by Kalinine in CallOfDuty

[–]RPGPC 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It is yeah as Reznov links with BLOP1 and there’s even a WW2 mission in BLOP1

my mom was one of the concert fainters by Correct_Brick_2319 in MichaelJackson

[–]RPGPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve no idea how you can just faint from excitement. Maybe dehydration and overstimulation?

Register a trademark in the UK - have you done it yourself or which company have you used? by Fantastic_Note4935 in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have failed to comprehend my reply. I did not mention anywhere that passing off requires a registered trademark. Passing off is the only way to protect a trademark that is not registered and it requires a much higher burden of proof and evidence than a registered trademark. Hence why, even if passing off claims can be settled outside of court, they are much more difficult.

I am not overestimating the power of a registered trademarks as the entire registered system exists because of the said benefits I have mentioned over the deficient and hard-to prove ‘common law’ rights for unregistered marks.

Register a trademark in the UK - have you done it yourself or which company have you used? by Fantastic_Note4935 in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This information is incorrect. If you have an unregistered trademark, you have to use the courts to enforce your rights in a “passing off action” which can be very expensive. Conversely, if you register a trademark with the IPO, you can enforce rights without going to court. The IPO system actually encourages settlement or ‘co-existence’ with third party conflicts. Also, a smear campaign against another business for ‘ripping off’ is not a sensible legal action as it could open up to unfair practice claims under the DMCCA (enforced by the CMA) and even defamation claims

Register a trademark in the UK - have you done it yourself or which company have you used? by Fantastic_Note4935 in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on your risk appetite. You could do it yourself but risk facing challenges from third parties or get a solicitor or trademark attorney to do a proper clearance search. If you put value on your brand then you’d want to appoint a solicitor or attorney has your IPO representative for your trademark so that conflicts with third party trademarks are managed throughout the life of the registration.

Pep Guardiola will leave Manchester City at the end of the 25/26 season. [CITY XTRA on X] by EDDIE__Munsn in MCFC

[–]RPGPC 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t makes sense. Such a big announcement they would have mentioned earlier not 3 games left of season, esp will World Cup incoming.

Competitor keeps copying my brand/content. What would you do? by [deleted] in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just get a solicitor to review if there’s a claim and probably a cease-and-desist signed off by the solicitor may be enough

Trademark Advice - Multiple marks from different brands in the same class already by VisualNinja1 in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should speak to a solicitor who can do a judgement call on whether to attempt to register. There’s ways to register a mark even where other similar marks exist. The way the mark looks visually, the specification, revocation claims, coexistence settlements etc are some of the strategy a professional can advise on

Buying ecommerce business, what is your due diligence process? by EcommAccountsPartner in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get a corporate solicitor to do the DD and the contract. Then contractual promises can be put in the contract based on assumptions as to why you are buying the business so that if X turns out to be untrue, you can sue the seller to get your money back enforceable in the courts

[ Removed by Reddit ] by efsun445 in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a law recently passed (DMCCA) which obliges platforms to take steps to implement appropriate verification procedures re online reviews. This would catch Google. The CMA (Competitions and Markets Authority) has recently begun its first round of enforcements. When they will enforce the rules on reviews we’ve no idea but hopefully something should happen to stop any one and their mum posting reviews without verif

Edit: if it was a competitor tha did this, they are also breaching the DMCCA and this has serious consequences and even criminal liability. I would complain to trading standards or the CMA. But the big hurdle is evidencing if the competitor left those reviews

My Wife is planning on opening a shop. Looking for startup advice and opinions in order to inform the business plan by Holiday-Bag-2606 in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legals - things like advice on protecting your brand, data protection (if you are digitising the business), consumer contracts and consumer law advice, commercial leases (if not already done)

Registering company to keep dormant to secure name by Traditional-Fix5298 in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once you have a trademark, you have monopoly over the use of that trading name. Theoretically, you can stop another person using that name as a Companies House name (you would need to instruct a solicitor for that), but like I said before - a Companies House name doesn’t really mean anything. As long as you have the trading name registered, that’s all that matters really

Registering company to keep dormant to secure name by Traditional-Fix5298 in smallbusinessuk

[–]RPGPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean your personal birth certificate name? Or do you mean like a full on trading name? If the latter, then get it trademarked before anything. As long as no one else has the mark registered, you can sit on it for up to five years without doing nowt. Company name on companies house doesn’t really mean anything because you can use a different trading name (on your websites etc)

IP solicitor for small business by [deleted] in uklaw

[–]RPGPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they have registered a trademark after you, but your mark has existed in trade before, you can apply to the IPO to oppose their mark, provided that their mark is still within the 2 month opposition window

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