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Consumer protection body claims first victory under misleading selling laws – The Office of Fair Trading v Purely Creative Ltd, High Court

9 February 2011 | Mark Weston

The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPR) have had their first airing in the High Court, with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) successfully bringing proceedings against a defendant...

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OFT investigating agreements for online book pricing

9 February 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading is investigating whether e-book pricing agreements breach UK competition law. The Chapter I Prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 prohibits agreements which have as their object...

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Google accuses Microsoft in ‘Bing Sting’

4 February 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Google and Microsoft are engaged in a war of words after the long-standing search engine giant has accused Microsoft’s Bing search engine of copying and cheating following a sting operation coined the...

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European Commission approves acquisition of McAfee by Intel

2 February 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The European Commission (EC) has given its conditional approval to the proposed acquisition of McAfee, the security technology company, by Intel. Intel is one of the big players in the worldwide computer...

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European Data Protection Supervisor wants better knowledge of security breaches and a right to be forgotten

2 February 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor, has published an opinion calling for people to have the right to be forgotten (by requiring online service providers to delete data about them) and...

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YSL addiction stopped

2 February 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that an advert for the Yves Saint Laurent perfume ‘Belle D’Opium’ should not be shown again in its current form as it breached the BCAP Code. The...

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Moneysupermarket told to substantiate their claims

2 February 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a Moneysupermarket advert should not be shown again in its current form as it breached the BCAP TV Code. The ASA ruling considered a complaint...

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The Digital Economy Act – never far away from controversy

2 February 2011 | Mark Weston

The Digital Economy Act is soon to be the subject of a judicial review. Now, in a somewhat contradictory move, the Government has both put its proposals for the workings of the Digital Economy Act before...

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Online William Hill licensed gambling company loses gamble as 32RED found to be infringed by 32Vegas – 32Red plc v WHG (International) Limited, High Court

2 February 2011 | Simon Weinberg

32RED plc, an online casino, had registered European Community Trade Marks for the word 32RED and a figurative one for 32 and Red, dating back to 2002. It also made a much later United Kingdom trade mark...

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Watered down Consumer Rights Directive now likely to proceed

2 February 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Member States of the European Union have given the go-ahead to revised European Commission plans for a proposed Consumer Rights Directive. The Directive had previously been controversial because countries...

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