Archive for January, 2007

97% of websites fail to pass UN test of acceptable level of accessibility

7 January 2007 | Paul Gershlick

97% of websites tested on behalf of the UN have failed to meet minimum accessibility requirements. The research was conducted for the UN by Nomensa, the website designers and researchers of website accessibility...

Microsoft obtains High Court support under spam regulations to stop anti-social person selling email addresses to spammers – Microsoft v McDonald, High Court

1 January 2007 | Paul Gershlick

Microsoft was concerned with the amount of spam (or unsolicited) emails being received by subscribers of its free web-based email service, ‘MSN Hotmail’, so it investigated. It found that a Mr McDonald...

Mere placing of CE mark on goods does not constitute consent for trade marked goods to be imported into EEA – Roche v Kent Pharmaceuticals, Court of Appeal

1 January 2007 | Paul Gershlick

R made and supplied a product for self-checking glucose levels. R supplied the products to a company in the Dominican Republic for use in trials there but not for re-sale. K found some of the products...

Court of Appeal refers questions about comparative advertising in bubbles case to ECJ – O2 Holdings v Hutchison 3G, Court of Appeal

1 January 2007 | Paul Gershlick

O2, the telecoms service provider, launched a new brand in 2002 centring around bubbles and names as registered trade marks. In 2003, Hutchison 3G launched 3, a rival telecoms network. In 2004, Hutchison...

High Court allows Sky to stop others ‘taking off’ with extended warranties service by free riding on its reputation – British Sky Broadcasting Group v Sky Home Services Ltd, High Court

1 January 2007 | Paul Gershlick

The defendants were companies that had the word ‘Sky’ in their corporate names. One such company had also previously been an authorised sales agent for Sky. When this arrangement ended, the companies...

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Archive for January, 2007

97% of websites fail to pass UN test of acceptable level of accessibility

Microsoft obtains High Court support under spam regulations to stop anti-social person selling email addresses to spammers – Microsoft v McDonald, High Court

Mere placing of CE mark on goods does not constitute consent for trade marked goods to be imported into EEA – Roche v Kent Pharmaceuticals, Court of Appeal

Court of Appeal refers questions about comparative advertising in bubbles case to ECJ – O2 Holdings v Hutchison 3G, Court of Appeal

High Court allows Sky to stop others ‘taking off’ with extended warranties service by free riding on its reputation – British Sky Broadcasting Group v Sky Home Services Ltd, High Court

Amazon takes action in patent suit against it from IBM

Wal-mart ‘dissed’ by blogging community for submitting false blog entries describing how great Wal-mart stores were

ASA slaps TalkSPORT radio station on the wrist for a (possible) breach of the CAP code

Only 20% of business would survive for more than a week if hit by disaster

It’s ‘wee’ all the way as the WEEE directive finally comes into force (on 2 January 2007)

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