Archive for June, 2011

The impact of security given by the principal debtor on a guarantor

30 June 2011 | Steven Mills Comments Off

The question in this case was whether the existence of the security given by the principal debtor, St George’s Property Services (London) Limited (SGPS) affected the creditor's, Davenham Trust Limited...

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Poland bans online poker, but may not be out of the game for long

30 June 2011 | Mark Weston | 1 comment

The Polish president has signed a law banning online poker in the country, which is intended to take effect later this year. The law permits sports betting (provided it is based on ‘real world’ events)...

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Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

30 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Sega has admitted that 1.3 million users of its Sega Pass online game service have had their personal data obtained by website hackers. The details include names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...

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CCTV monitoring website told to change by ICO

29 June 2011 | Mark Weston

A CCTV monitoring website, Internet Eyes, has been forced to change the way it operates by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The website streams CCTV images from its retailer clients to its...

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High Court consider financial assistance and special resolution error relating to scheme of arrangement – Re Uniq plc, High Court

29 June 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Under section 678(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (CA), it is unlawful for a public company or its subsidiaries to give financial assistance to any person acquiring, or proposing to acquire, shares in that...

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Gaines-Cooper IR20 judicial review will be heard next week

28 June 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

The long-running residence case between Robert Gaines-Cooper and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will finally be heard in the Supreme Court on 6 July 2011. Mr Gaines-Cooper wants to treated as a UK...

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ICANN gives go ahead to creation of any top level domain name in any language

28 June 2011 | Mark Weston | 1 comment

People will be able to create any top-level domain in any language in any script from 2012 after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has ended years of debate, discussion and...

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Intellectual Property Office consults on Bolar patent exceptions

28 June 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has started a consultation to investigate concerns over the Bolar exemption under section 60(5)(i) of the Patents Act 1977, which allows the performance of certain...

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Google and British Library join forces in digitised books project

28 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Google and the British Library have joined forces so that Google can pay for scanning 250,000 out-of-copyright books in the British Library’s collections. They will be able to be made available to users...

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Passing off action success for tree surgery – Redwood Tree Services Ltd v Warren Aspey t/a Redwood Tree Surgeons, Patents County Court

28 June 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The claimant and defendant were trading within a few miles of each other under similar business names. The two businesses had managed to co-exist for some time, until the defendant started doing business...

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Archive for June, 2011

The impact of security given by the principal debtor on a guarantor

Poland bans online poker, but may not be out of the game for long

Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

CCTV monitoring website told to change by ICO

High Court consider financial assistance and special resolution error relating to scheme of arrangement – Re Uniq plc, High Court

Gaines-Cooper IR20 judicial review will be heard next week

ICANN gives go ahead to creation of any top level domain name in any language

Intellectual Property Office consults on Bolar patent exceptions

Google and British Library join forces in digitised books project

Passing off action success for tree surgery – Redwood Tree Services Ltd v Warren Aspey t/a Redwood Tree Surgeons, Patents County Court

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