EBay wins Belgian victory over counterfeit sales
A Belgian court has backed eBay in the latest ruling on the auction firm's liability for the sale of counterfeit goods
FRI 15 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Government publishes new, wider Data Retention Regulations
The Government has published a draft law that mandates the retention of data by internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies
THU 14 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Tiffany appeals US court's eBay ruling
Jeweller Tiffany has lodged an appeal against a US court ruling that said that eBay is not responsible for the sale of fakes on its auction site
TUE 12 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Teenager gets damages reduced after copyright ignorance claim
A 16-year-old girl has successfully argued that she was too young to understand that her copyright-infringing downloading of music was unlawful
MON 11 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Don't cite 'hits' as a measure of website traffic, warns advertising watchdog
An advert that claimed a website received over five million 'hits' every month has been banned because the metric is likely to mislead readers
WED 06 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Google's Street View cleared by privacy watchdog
Google's Street View service has received the blessing of UK privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner, who has said that the safeguards Google has put in place for people's privacy are 'adequate'
FRI 01 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Oracle makes additional court claims about alleged SAP misbehaviour
A dispute between two of the world's biggest business software companies has escalated, with Oracle accusing SAP executives of knowing about a subsidiary's alleged downloading of five terabytes of Oracle software and documentation
WED 30 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Lords reject NASA hacker's appeal against extradition
NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal against extradition to the US. Five Law Lords have unanimously rejected his argument that plea bargaining by US prosecutors undermined his human rights
WED 30 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Superdrug rapped over price comparison ads
Superdrug's claim that it sold 960 everyday health and beauty products more cheaply than rival chemist Boots was misleading, the advertising watchdog has ruled
THU 24 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
US Patent Office rulings threaten key Google patent, says expert
Recent US patent rulings could undermine the patentability of software in the US at a stroke, a leading US patent expert has warned
WED 23 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Data blunders can breach human rights, rules ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Finnish government to pay out €34,000 because it failed to protect a citizen's personal data
TUE 22 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Police guidance on data deletion is flawed, says Information Tribunal
The data protection guidance given to police forces on when to delete records of criminal convictions is inadequate, according to the body which hears appeals under the Data Protection Act
TUE 22 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Four in five ringtone sites breach consumer laws, says Commission
A European Commission investigation has found that four in five websites selling mobile phone services such as ringtones appear to breach consumer protection rules
FRI 18 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Log-deleting search engine wins award
A search engine that deletes all data relating to users after 48 hours has been awarded the first privacy award of a European body set up to promote privacy
FRI 18 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Trade agreement plans do not include iPod frisking
A feared trade agreement between the world's richest countries that opponents claimed would allow for the examining and impounding of iPods at airports is unlikely to result in such activities
THU 17 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
YouTube can hide user details in massive Viacom data dump
The user IDs and internet protocol (IP) addresses of everyone who has ever watched a video on YouTube will not now be sent by its parent company Google to Viacom after a climb-down by the television company
WED 16 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Apple's exact iPhone image reproduction saves it from censure
Apple has been cleared of misleading potential iPhone customers by exaggerating the quality of its display
WED 16 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
Privacy watchdog warns Government over super-database plan
Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner has issued HM Revenue and Customs and the Ministry of Defence with official warnings after the loss of millions of people's personal data
TUE 15 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
German court says Wi-Fi providers not liable for others' infringements
A German court has said that the owner of a home wireless network is not responsible for the activity of other people on that network
TUE 15 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
EBay defeats Tiffany in vital trade mark case
EBay does not have to pre-screen its auctions for counterfeits of trade marked goods, a US court has ruled in a case that could have threatened the entire business model of the online auction site
TUE 15 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Legal IT
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