Archive for December, 2009

Court of Appeal – ex-wife to leave Chelsea home

3 December 2009 | Amanda Melton

The Court of appeal have concluded Mrs Miller Smith must leave the£14 million Chelsea family home, presently requiring a monthly mortgage payment of £27,000, concluding that although Mr Miller Smith...

Tags on this discussion: Chelsea Home haemorrhaging money Miller Smith

Information Commissioner gets broader enforcement powers as Coroners and Justice Bill receives Royal Assent…

3 December 2009 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the body in charge of enforcing UK data protection laws – has been given greater enforcement powers, as the Coroners and Justice Bill has been passed. The...

Tags on this discussion: Coroners and Justice Act Coroners and Justice Bill data protection ICO Information Commissioner's Office privacy

Government goes for illegal P2P file-sharers with Digital Economy Bill…

2 December 2009 | Mark Weston

The Government has introduced its Digital Economy Bill in the Queen’s Speech. Amongst the changes to the law to be introduced by the Bill are provisions that could see illegal peer-to-peer file-sharers...

Tags on this discussion: Digital Economy Bill P2P software piracy video games

Where important terms are still under negotiation there is no contract – Whittle Movers v Hollywood Express, Court of Appeal…

2 December 2009 | Samantha Lloyd

The Court of Appeal has ruled that where important terms were still under negotiation, no contract had been concluded. Whittle Movers had been successful in its tender for the supply of distribution and...

Tags on this discussion: contract Court of Appeal Hollywood Express interim agreement unjust enrichment Whittle Movers

Intel faces anti-competition federal lawsuit but has paid AMD US$1.25bn to end 12 year dispute…

2 December 2009 | Samantha Lloyd

Intel is facing a US federal lawsuit after being accused by the New York Attorney General of using ‘bribery and coercion’ to force computer manufacturers to purchase its central processing unit computer...

Tags on this discussion: Advanced Micro Devices anti-competition anti-trust billion dollar settlement CPUs cross-licensing agreement European Commission Intel New York attorney general settlement

Mandatory notification of data breaches introduced by the European Commission…

2 December 2009 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has passed a new privacy regulation which would require communications providers and Internet service providers to notify individuals whose personal details have been exposed to...

Tags on this discussion: cookies ePrivacy Directive European Commission European Union ISP mandatory notification personal data privacy security breaches spam spyware

Government launches consultation on new powers for ICO to issue a maximum £500,000 fine for data protection breaches…

2 December 2009 | Samantha Lloyd

The Government has launched a consultation which would provide the Information Commissioner’s Office - the UK's data protection regulator - with powers to fine organisations up to a maximum of £500,000...

Tags on this discussion: Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 data protection ICO Information Commissioner's Office

Reservation of rights can constitute an unjustified threat of unregistered design right infringement rules High Court – Grimme Landmashinenfabrik v Scott (t/a Scotts Potato Machinery), High Court…

2 December 2009 | Samantha Lloyd

The High Court has ruled that a reservation of rights to commence proceedings can constitute an unjustified threat of infringement even where the letter expressly stated that there was no intention of...

Tags on this discussion: Evolution Grimme Landmashinenfabrik High Court infringement rollar design Scott (t/a Scotts Potato Machinery) unjustifiable threat unregistered design right

Proposals to extend the CAP Code will give the ASA power to adjudicate on web site content…

2 December 2009 | Samantha Lloyd

The Advertising Standards Board of Finance has been working on plans to extend the current CAP Code to cover web site content which would bring statements made on web sites within the remit of the Advertising...

Tags on this discussion: Advertising Standards Authority Advertising Standards Board of Finance ASA CAP code website content

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Archive for December, 2009

Court of Appeal – ex-wife to leave Chelsea home

Information Commissioner gets broader enforcement powers as Coroners and Justice Bill receives Royal Assent…

Government goes for illegal P2P file-sharers with Digital Economy Bill…

Where important terms are still under negotiation there is no contract – Whittle Movers v Hollywood Express, Court of Appeal…

Intel faces anti-competition federal lawsuit but has paid AMD US$1.25bn to end 12 year dispute…

Mandatory notification of data breaches introduced by the European Commission…

Government launches consultation on new powers for ICO to issue a maximum £500,000 fine for data protection breaches…

Reservation of rights can constitute an unjustified threat of unregistered design right infringement rules High Court – Grimme Landmashinenfabrik v Scott (t/a Scotts Potato Machinery), High Court…

Proposals to extend the CAP Code will give the ASA power to adjudicate on web site content…

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