Could the UK be on its way to written constitution? BBC reports comments that “Justice Secretary Jack Straw has sent out a strong signal that the government is ready to draw up Britain’s first ever written constitution.” Wonder how IP will factor in if it comes into existence? IP rights — patents and copyrights — [...]

Open Rights Group is looking for interns — this might be particularly good for you UK law students out there…

Lord Triesman, current Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Intellectual Property and Quality, spoke on Tuesday (8 Jan.) at the British Library at the launch of the UK Intellectual Property Office’s new consultation “Taking forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property: Proposed changes to copyright exceptions”. This consultation will look specifically at implementing parts of [...]