Court report: Privacy row as Ordnance Survey case kicks off

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Court report: Privacy row as Ordnance Survey case kicks off

Max Walters
July 17 2019
Royal Court of Justice

Managing IP reports from the England & Wales High Court as discussions on database rights and copyright, plus a debate over the inadvertent revealing of trade secrets, formed the opening of a dispute pitting mapping agency Ordnance Survey against an SME

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