The minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol has come into force in Scotland, making it the first country in the world to implement such a law. The legislation has been welcomed by several health organisations including the Royal Society for ...
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The Scottish Government is planning to introduce 50p minimum unit pricing for alcohol from 1 May 2018. Scotland’s health secretary, Shona Robison said the decision was made after analysis of a public consultation, and the ...
Apple has a quaint belief in privacy. CEO Tim Cook has described it as "an issue of morality." This rather infuriates police forces who'd prefer to be able to trawl through everyone's cell phones in order to obtain evidence. In the ...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Samsung a victory in its long-running patent dispute with Apple. The nation's highest court said in a unanimous opinion that damages for design patent infringement can be based only on the part of ...
Iraq's parliament has passed a bill for a complete ban on the sale, import and production of alcohol. The law entitles the state to fine Iraqi dinars 25m ($21,000) for anyone violating the alcohol ban. However, the parliament ...
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Even the US Supreme Court justices were a little befuddled over what to do with the legal saga between Apple and Samsung. The two largest phone makers in the world squared off in the highest court in the land Tuesday over the value of ...
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The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time ...
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South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor says that Japanese lens maker Enplas' LED lens patent has been revoked in Taiwan, adding to a series of legal victories against Enplas in the USA, Korea, and Europe. Enplas's patent has been ...
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Ben & Jerry’s has chosen North Carolina to launch its newest flavor and “Democracy Is In Your Hands’ campaign because it is at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights in the US. Almost immediately following the 2013 ...
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Ruling has divided opinion among experts and presents a case that ‘will have long-lasting implications for the application of design rights´for UK creatives. Magmatic, the firm behind the popular Trunki case, has lost its ...
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Indian food regulatory authority, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, is likely to do away with approvals for food products if the ingredients used in them have received clearance before itself and are declared safe. This ...
Nestle India is planning to launch more variants of Maggi Noodles such as oat noodles and cup noodles in the next three-four months time. Nestle India CMD Suresh Narayanan was quoted by the Economic Times as saying: "We will launch other ...
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Officers from a border check station’s legal aid service department talk to sailors on board an Italian vessel about China’s entry and exit laws. [Photo: Xinhua] The increasing number of lawsuits lodged by foreigners has ...
The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards program that governs utility emissions will remain in effect while the US Environmental Protection Agency, under instruction from the US Supreme Court, continues to review the rules, an appeals court ...
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A month after its return to the Indian market, Nestle Maggi Noodles is again faced with a fresh controversy, with the food regulator seeking a ban on the product. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) approached the ...
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