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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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PlayStation is not for hacking – Sony files legal action

22 January 2011 | Mark Weston

Sony has filed proceedings in the Northern District Court of California against a number of hackers who published security codes for the PlayStation 3. The security codes effectively “sign” software,...

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BT defends two-tier Internet allegations

20 January 2011 | Mark Weston

BT has defended itself against allegations that it is splitting from the net neutrality concept and creating a two-tier Internet. This follows BT’s introduction of Content Connect, which allows Internet...

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ASA launches advertising campaign on the online marketing regulation

19 January 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Advertising Standards Authority has started an advertising campaign to warn businesses of the impending extension of its remit to marketing on websites from 1 March 2011. As reported in Upload-IT...

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ASA rules against advert denigratory about competitor even if not expressly identified in the ad

19 January 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Imagine (an estate agency) broke the CAP Code by making an advert that was misleading and unfairly denigratory of a competitor (Claret), even though the...

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Facts get lost in the translation as untrue email in political spat leads to £30,000 damages – Cambridge v Makin, High Court

18 January 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Two interpreters were involved in a spat that has led to a big payout in damages after one of the emails sent contained untrue allegations about the other. Cambridge was an interpreter on the board of...

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ASA: advertiser should have disclosed that it had commercial interest to show that recommendation scheme did not have independence

18 January 2011 | Mark Weston

The Good Garage Scheme ran a television advert for people who wanted to be sure they were getting a good garage to service or repair their car. The ad said that users could simply type in their postcode...

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Picture not so perfect – Shutterfly and Kodak accuse each other of patent infringement

7 January 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Kodak has filed proceedings against Shutterfly, the photo-sharing website, with the Securities Exchange Commission in the United States for the alleged infringement of its patents. In return, Shutterfly...

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High Court awards injunction to stop ex-agent using domain names similar to his ex-client’s – Lifestyle Management Ltd v Frater, High Court

21 December 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The High Court has awarded an injunction to stop the agent of its previous client from using three domain names that were confusingly similar to its ex-client’s domain names. Lifestyle Management was...

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