Amount of legal action taken in relation to postcode data

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I seek the following
information annually for the past two years up until my request is
answered:

1. The number of times the Royal Mail and/or those legally
representing Royal Mail have threatened legal action against others
for breach of copyright and/or licensing in relation to the
postcode dataset.

2. A listing of these instances including date and type of supposed
violation (eg copyright, licensing etc.)

3. A listing of the parties to whom the legal action was addressed.

For the final question I would like the information from the past
ten years as I imagine the number of instances the Royal Mail has
gone to trial or agreed to a legal settlement is minimal.

4. A listing of all cases in which legal action actually took place
(court trial or settlement, etc) with the date, parties involved,
result (trial result or if a settlement was agreed the amount of
this settlement).

I am sure good governance requires you keep records on the number
and identity of those parties against whom Royal Mail has
threatened legal action but if some parts of this request are
easier to answer than others, I would ask that you release
available data as soon as possible rather than hold up the entire
request.

I would prefer to receive this information electronically. If the
decision is made to withhold some of this data using exemptions in
Act, please inform me of that fact and cite the exemptions used.

If you need any clarification then please contact me at the email
listed. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance
I would expect you to contact me if you find this request
unmanageable in any way before the twentieth working day.

If similar FOI requests have been made already please could you
forward your responses to me.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have
received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in
the near future.

Regards,
Heather Brooke