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Mark Weston

Expertise: Mark works across all areas of commercial law, information technology (IT) law, intellectual property (IP) law, on-line commerce law and media law.

Clients: Just some of Mark's more well-known clients include Groupon, RTL Group S.A., Elstree Film Studios, Sanyo, mysupermarket.co.uk, Retailcorp Brands LLC, Maxell, The Gulf Marketing Group, Playboy UK, Imagination Technologies Plc, GOOP.com (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the BBC.

More unusual: Mark appears regularly on BBC1 (usually providing advice on-screen to BBC Watchdog) and also on Sky News as a legal commentator. More about Mark...

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New ISP guidelines for advertising “unlimited” and “fast” broadband

7 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) have, following a consultation, published guidance for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on the use...

Tags on this discussion: advert advertisement advertising Advertising Standards Authority ASA band width BCAP BCAP Code broadband broadband speed Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice CAP CAP code Committee of Advertising Practice fair use Internet Internet service provider Internet service providers Internet speed ISP ISPs misleading misleading advert misleading advertisement misleading advertising misleading adverts Online unlimited broadband

OFT attacks confusing Government plans to reform consumer protection bodies

6 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Office of Fair Trading has attacked the Government’s proposed plans to reform the roles of various consumer protection bodies, in a response to a Government consultation. The OFT says the changes...

Tags on this discussion: B2C business-to-consumer Competition and Markets Authority Competition Commission consult consultation consumer consumer advice consumer agreement consumer agreements consumer contract consumer contracts consumer law consumer laws consumer protection consumers Office of Fair Trading OFT trading standards Trading Standards Policy Board

UK cheapest and most popular place for international arbitration disputes

5 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The United Kingdom has come out as the cheapest place in the world to hear international arbitration disputes. It is also the most commonly chosen venue. The results are surprising as London has a reputation...

Tags on this discussion: agreement agreements arbitration Chartered Institute of Arbitrators commercial commercial agreement commercial agreements Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial law contract contracts dispute Dispute Resolution International

European Union does not (yet) sign controversial ACTA treaty

4 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has, for now at least, not taken part in a signing ceremony held by Japan to a new controversial international treaty. Various countries around the world, together with the European...

Tags on this discussion: Acta copyright counterfeit EU Europe European Commission European Union infringe infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights infringement IP IP infringement IP rights IPR IPR infringement Treaty

BT Infinity ad wording ruled by ASA to be misleading

3 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that BT’s wording in its adverts for the BT Infinity broadband service were misleading and should not be repeated in their current form. The investigation...

Tags on this discussion: ad ads advert adverts ASA ASA ruling CAP code CAP Code breach mislead misleading misleading advert misleading advertisement misleading advertising misleading adverts

Lib Dems concern about cloud computing

28 September 2011 | Mark Weston

The Liberal Democrats have said that the use of cloud computing in public services needs to be investigated urgently to protect the public against the risks of storing data outside of the UK. In a paper...

Tags on this discussion: cloud cloud computing data data hosting data protection Government information technology Internet IT LibDems Liberal Democrats Online privacy public data web web site web sites Website websites

Sony requires PlayStation Network users to sign up to terms and conditions that waive their collective rights of redress

27 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Sony has required its PlayStation Network users to sign up to new terms and conditions that would amount to their waiver of the right to take part in collective legal action, or so-called “class action...

Tags on this discussion: B2C business-to-consumer class action consumer consumer contract consumer contracts consumer law consumer laws consumers data data breach data breaches data controller data loss data protection data protection act Data Protection Act 1998 data protection directive data protection laws data subject data theft database database right infringement databases DPA fair fairness Internet Internet use Internet user law suit lawsuit legal action liability limited liability misuse of data On-line Online online content personal data reasonable sensitive personal data site terms standard terms standard terms and conditions standard trading terms term terms Terms & conditions terms of use Ts & Cs Ts and Cs UCTA unenforceable unfair unfair contract terms unfair contract terms act Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 unfair terms Unfair Terms Directive Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999 Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations UTCCR void web web content web database web site web site content web sites Website website content websites

Price comparison sites that only compared their own products told not to be misleading

26 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Two price comparison web sites have been ordered by the Office of Fair Trading to come clean and be clearer about whether they are in fact their comparing prices with those of third parties. One website...

Tags on this discussion: B2C business-to-consumer consumer consumer law consumer laws consumer protection Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations consumers CPUTR marketing marketing communications mislead misleading misleading advert misleading advertisement misleading advertising misleading adverts misleading omission misleading selling misleading statement Office of Fair Trading OFT On-line Online online advertising online content online marketing online trading web web content web site web sites Website website content websites

Horse van owner kicks back as ASA rules that websites should not use pictures of other people’s property without their consent

24 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Websites and adverts should not display a copy of other people’s identifiable property without their permission. To do so would breach the CAP Code, which the Advertising Standards Authority administers. ...

Police could be given powers to act as judge and jury in suspending domain names and websites without court order

23 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Police could be given powers to suspend the use of domain names and websites without getting a court order. Nominet – the domain name registry in charge of the operation of the “.uk” domain names...

Tags on this discussion: consumer consumer detriment consumer protection consumers court order domain name domain names illegal Internet Internet access Internet use Internet user Nominet On-line Online online content online trading registry unlawful web web content web site web site content web sites webistes Website website block website blocking website content websites

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