Archive for August, 2008

Ryanair flies into victory in the battle against ‘screen scrapers’

7 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Ryanair – the low cost airline - has soared to victory by successfully obtaining an injunction in a German Court preventing Vtours from screen scraping its website. Ryanair argued that Vtours had infringed...

Google ordered to disclose user details of all YouTube users

7 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

As part of a multi-billion dollar US copyright infringement action by the English Football Premier League and Viacom - the owner of some of the biggest names in cinema and TV including MTV, Nickelodeon...

Britain receives more spam than any other country

1 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Britain is now the favourite target for spam and phishing scams, with almost a quarter of the world’s unsolicited email being directed to British Internet users. These are the findings of an experiment...

eBay fined by French court in landmark ruling over counterfeit goods, but wins in US Tiffany case

1 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

eBay is to appeal a record fine after a Paris court ordered the online auction site to pay €40m (£31.6m) to luxury goods company Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (‘LVMH’) for negligence in allowing trading...

Mouse-on-wheels trade mark likely to cause confusion with famous telephone on wheels mark, as court avoids use of experts to decide whether customers are confused – esure Insurance v Direct Line Insurance, Court of Appeal

1 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

esure’s trade mark application for a 3-D mouse-on-wheels has been rejected by the Court of Appeal, which upheld a Trade Marks Registry decision and subsequent High Court confirmation finding that the...

Bradford & Bingley’s property woman of the year competition misleading

1 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The judging criteria of Bradford & Bingley’s property of the year competition has been criticised by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ASA received a complaint from an entrant who...

Sage competitor’s ‘Bag of bits’ comparative advertising banned for denigration

1 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Interprise Solutions’ advertising campaign ‘Sick of Sage?’ has been banned for taking unfair advantage and denigrating Sage, the financial software supplier. The advertisement showed a man deserted...

ASA raps Virgin again – this time because ‘Hate to Wait?’ Virgin broadband customers were still waiting during peak times

1 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint from BT about Virgin Media’s advertisement ‘Hate to Wait?’. The advertisement claimed customers could receive fast Internet speeds...

UK’s surveillance laws violated right to privacy

1 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The European Court of Human Rights (‘ECHR’) has ruled that the UK’s wide and secretive surveillance laws violated the right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights....

Suffolk Council ordered to disclose full tendering document for works done by contractor 18 months previously

1 August 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office has ordered Suffolk District Council to disclose a copy of a tendering document submitted by a contractor in 2004 for a contract to carry out the repairs and maintenance...

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Archive for August, 2008

Ryanair flies into victory in the battle against ‘screen scrapers’

Google ordered to disclose user details of all YouTube users

Britain receives more spam than any other country

eBay fined by French court in landmark ruling over counterfeit goods, but wins in US Tiffany case

Mouse-on-wheels trade mark likely to cause confusion with famous telephone on wheels mark, as court avoids use of experts to decide whether customers are confused – esure Insurance v Direct Line Insurance, Court of Appeal

Bradford & Bingley’s property woman of the year competition misleading

Sage competitor’s ‘Bag of bits’ comparative advertising banned for denigration

ASA raps Virgin again – this time because ‘Hate to Wait?’ Virgin broadband customers were still waiting during peak times

UK’s surveillance laws violated right to privacy

Suffolk Council ordered to disclose full tendering document for works done by contractor 18 months previously

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