Archive for September, 2008

One million bank customers’ details sold for £35 on eBay

7 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

A bidder got more than he bargained for when he purchased a computer for £35 on eBay – it contained the personal bank details of over one million people. The computer held details of customers or potential...

Phone regulator issues £200,000 fine to phone scammer

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Jack Barnard Telecom Services of Epping has been slapped with a £200,000 fine from Phonepayplus for breaching its code of practice. The service provider used automated calling equipment to make unsolicited...

Belgian court backs eBay in its battle to fend off claims relating to counterfeit sales

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

A Belgian court has rejected L’Oréal’s claims that eBay does not do enough to prevent the sale of counterfeit goods on its platform. eBay’s verified rights owner scheme (‘VeRO’) enables brand...

Dell’s controversial ‘cloud computing’ trade mark application fails at the last hurdle

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Dell’s trade mark application to register the term ‘cloud computing’ for remote computing services and hardware has been rejected by the US Patent and Trade Mark Office (‘USPTO’) in a late stage...

Trading Standards 1 Rogue Traders 0, as first enforcement order is made under the new Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The first enforcement order under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (‘2008 Regulations’) has been awarded. The order was obtained by the trading standards department of Wiltshire...

Draft Regulations published in respect of contracts made in consumers’ homes, places of work and elsewhere

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Draft Regulations that are set to replace the Consumer Protection (Cancellation of Contracts Concluded away from Business Premises) Regulations 1987 have been published. The draft Cancellation of Contracts...

Apple receives slap on the wrist for misleading iPhone advert

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The Advertising Standards Authority (‘ASA’) has ruled that Apple’s television advert which claimed that ‘all parts of the Internet are on the iPhone’ gave a misleading impression of the Internet...

Government signs up to new rules on EU cross-border contract laws

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The Government has signed up to the new EU rules that deal with the issue of which country’s laws apply in cross-border situations. The new rules are called the Rome I Regulation (‘Regulation’)....

Two thirds of UK homes now online

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Two thirds of UK households now have Internet access, up by 1.2 million since 2007. There are now about 16.5 million households online. These figures come from The Office for National Statistics. However,...

NHS faces unprecedented £700m legal action as MP brands IT programme as hopelessly flawed

1 September 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Reports that Fujitsu is threatening legal action against the Department of Health has prompted Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb, to brand the National Programme for IT as hopelessly...

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Archive for September, 2008

One million bank customers’ details sold for £35 on eBay

Phone regulator issues £200,000 fine to phone scammer

Belgian court backs eBay in its battle to fend off claims relating to counterfeit sales

Dell’s controversial ‘cloud computing’ trade mark application fails at the last hurdle

Trading Standards 1 Rogue Traders 0, as first enforcement order is made under the new Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

Draft Regulations published in respect of contracts made in consumers’ homes, places of work and elsewhere

Apple receives slap on the wrist for misleading iPhone advert

Government signs up to new rules on EU cross-border contract laws

Two thirds of UK homes now online

NHS faces unprecedented £700m legal action as MP brands IT programme as hopelessly flawed

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