The High Court has ruled on a spat between rival serviced office brokers Officebroker.com and Instant Offices Ltd over the use of social networking site Twitter.
Instant Offices has agreed to remove comments from its Twitter account that are alleged to infringe the intellectual property rights of Officebroker.com.
In a High Court order, Master Bragge stated that Instant Offices had also agreed to remove and destroy all copies of the articles on its website and has promised not to copy further Officebroker.com content without prior permission.
Instant Offices said in its defence that the articles had been copied and pasted from Officebroker.com’s website by a work experience person without the knowledge or consent of management.
Settling the claim, Instant Offices also agreed to pay the legal costs of Officebroker.com.
A spokesman for Officebroker.com said: “We pride ourselves on the quality and content of our research into the commercial property market, so we could not just stand by and allow our work to be blatantly lifted by a competitor.
“We are very pleased with the court order, which demonstrates the law’s protection for online businesses and the unique content we generate at considerable expense.”
The High Court has ruled on a spat between rival serviced office brokers Officebroker.com and Instant Offices Ltd over the use of social networking site Twitter. Instant Offices has agreed to remove comments from its Twitter account that are alleged to infringe the intellectual property rights of Officebroker.com. In a High Court order, Master Bragge stated that Instant Offices had also agreed to remove and destroy all copies of the articles on its website and has promised not to copy further Officebroker.com content without prior permission. Instant Offices said in its defence that the articles had been copied and pasted from Officebroker.com’s website by a work experience person without the knowledge or consent of management. Settling the claim, Instant Offices also agreed to pay the legal costs of Officebroker.com. A spokesman for Officebroker.com said: “We pride ourselves on the quality and content of our research into the commercial property market, so we could not just stand by and allow our work to be blatantly lifted by a competitor. “We are very pleased with the court order, which demonstrates the law’s protection for online businesses and the unique content we generate at considerable expense.”
