Archive for October, 2008

ICO issues Lib Dems with enforcement notice over automated calls

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioners Office has issued the Liberal Democrats with an enforcement notice after it made unsolicited telephone calls to households across the UK. The calls, which included a message...

Chubb fails to oppose registration of MINIMAX trade mark- Minimax GmbH & Co KG v Chubb Fire, High Court

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Chubb has failed to oppose the registration of the word ‘MINIMAX’ as a trade mark in the High Court. Minimax applied to register the word MINIMAX as a trade mark in 2003. In 2005, Minimax successfully...

New rights for brand owners to challenge company names that are too similar

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Brand owners now have the right to challenge a company name which is too similar to their trading name under new provisions introduced by the Companies Act 2006 which came into force on 1 October 2008....

ASA bans Vodafone radio advert for delivering a disclaimer too quickly

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Vodafone has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (‘ASA’) not to repeat a radio advert after a disclaimer delivered quickly at the end of the advert was challenged by a listener. The advert...

Online retail market continues to grow but businesses fail to keep up with consumers’ increasing expectations

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The online retail market continues to grow but businesses are failing to resolve logistical and technical problems required to meet the increasing expectations of consumers. Tealeaf, a maker of customer...

Website link to old news causes share prices in major US airline to crash

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

A major US airline, United Airlines, saw its share prices tumble after an old news story reappeared on a list of most popular business stories by Sun-Sentinel and was subsequently indexed by the Google...

eBay takes legal action against ‘cookie stuffing’

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

eBay has taken legal action in the US against two of its affiliates, Digital Point Solutions (‘DPS’) and Kessler’s Flying Circus (‘KFC’) for alleged ‘cookie stuffing’. eBay only pays its...

US court grants safe harbour to online video site

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

A US court has granted Veoh, an online video site, safe harbour under US copyright laws protecting it from liability for copyright-infringing videos posted by users. The US Digital Millennium Copyright...

Microsoft announces long-term strategy to ease virtualisation

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

Microsoft has announced that it has changed the software licensing and technical support for its server applications as part of its long-term strategy to ease virtualisation. Virtualisation allows businesses...

Government requests to intercept data doubles

1 October 2008 | Paul Gershlick

The number of intercept requests from central government authorities increased from 253,557 in 2006 to 519,260 in 2007 reveals a parliamentary report by the interception of communications commissioner,...

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Archive for October, 2008

ICO issues Lib Dems with enforcement notice over automated calls

Chubb fails to oppose registration of MINIMAX trade mark- Minimax GmbH & Co KG v Chubb Fire, High Court

New rights for brand owners to challenge company names that are too similar

ASA bans Vodafone radio advert for delivering a disclaimer too quickly

Online retail market continues to grow but businesses fail to keep up with consumers’ increasing expectations

Website link to old news causes share prices in major US airline to crash

eBay takes legal action against ‘cookie stuffing’

US court grants safe harbour to online video site

Microsoft announces long-term strategy to ease virtualisation

Government requests to intercept data doubles

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