Tiscali targeted by spammers
Tiscali, the Internet service provider, has claimed that spammers knocked out its email service. It says other Internet service providers blocked emails coming from Tiscali subscribers on the basis that...
Archive for June, 2007
New era dawns as ICSTIS’s stricter rules on call-TV quizzes come into force
Rules regulating call-TV quizzes issued by the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of the Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS), the body that regulates premium rate charged services...
CFI says that registration of ‘NASDAQ’ mark would take unfair advantage of the US stock market’s registration of the same mark – Antartica Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market, CFI
Antartica applied to register a figurative sign ‘NASDAQ’ as a European Community trade mark for mountain bikes, sports clothing and sports equipment including helmets. The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc....
High Court found no truth in claim that ‘Mythbusters’ TV programme was passing off ‘Mythbusters’ books – Andrew Knight v Beyond Properties Pty Ltd, High Court
Mr Knight had written children’s books incorporating the word ‘Mythbusters’ in their titles. He promoted them in the UK and other countries including making a limited number of short television appearances...
EU Parliament and Council of Ministers (finally) settle their differences on the rules that will govern non-contractual cross-border disputes
The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have been in dispute over the rules that govern where a cross border dispute is to be heard in situations other than contracts. Typical non-contract...
Keele University refuses to ‘keel’ over because students post negative statements about its staff on ‘Facebook’ and ‘MySpace’
Keele University has warned its students that they face disciplinary action if they post statements attacking staff on social networking websites such as ‘Facebook’ and ‘MySpace’. The University...
UK online sales to reach £28 billion by 2011
Online sales in 2006 increased by 34% to nearly £11 billion in the UK, according to Verdict Research, the UK retail analyst. Verdict says the increase was a result of cheap broadband access.
While...
High proportion of IT professionals spy on colleagues and other information on IT systems they shouldn’t see
A third of IT workers have admitted that they view confidential information of their colleagues using special administrative passwords. The survey was carried out by Cyber-Ark, a data security firm, which...
European Parliament and Council of Ministers agree text of ‘Audio-Visual Media Services Directive’
The European Parliament and Council of Ministers have agreed the text of the 'Audio-Visual Media Services Directive' (AVMS Directive) to update the 1989 Television Without Frontiers Directive. ‘Audio-visual...
More than a third of bloggers risk dismissal because of their blog entries about their employer and colleagues
More than a third of bloggers risk being dismissed by posting negative statements about their job, employer or colleagues. Croner - the human resources services provider – commissioned YouGov to survey...
