A celebrity Mayfair restaurant will have to change its name after being found to breach trademarks owned by a company behind a luxury hotel in Venice.

The UK's outdated copyright laws need to be reformed before they lose all credibility, a consumer watchdog has said.

The public's response to a consultation on the National Policy Statements (NPSs) on Energy has been welcomed by energy minister Lord Hunt.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has branded claims that she copied ideas from a fellow author "absurd" and "unfounded".

The Committee on Climate Change calls for radical action to get the UK back on course to meets its emissions reductions targets. Paul Brennan looks at its recommendations.

The sea around Lundy Island, off the coast of Devon, has become England's first marine conservation zone. Lundy's new status is the latest stage of a government plan to create a network of protected areas in the seas around the UK.

Google has been sued by a Chinese novelist for scanning her latest novel "Acid House" into its controversial online library without permission.

The legal wrangle between Nokia and Apple has broadened beyond just the iPhone as the Finnish phone giant claims patents on most of its other products have been violated.

Google has been handed a 10,000 euro-a-day (£8.87m) fine by a French court, which the firm must pay until it stops previewing online books.

The new Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has been named by David Lammy, the Minister of State for Intellectual Property.