4 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The European Commission has proposed a new law spanning the European Union which would aim to increase cross-border trade. In 2008, only 7% of web site transaction were made cross-borders. Viviane Reding,...
Tags on this discussion: 28th regime B2C business-to-consumer contract contract law contracts cross-border European Commission
1 March 2010 | Mark Weston
A decision of an Italian criminal court has sent shockwaves around the Internet. Four Google executives, including its global privacy legal counsel, have been given suspended prison sentences for user-generated...
Tags on this discussion: e-commerce E-Commerce Regulations European Union intermediary liability take-down UGC user-generated content
26 February 2010 | Mark Weston
The Advertising Standard Agency has rebuked Dabs, the online retailer, for advertising prices in its printed brochures that were not accurate. Dabs argued that its prices changed regularly and its printed...
Tags on this discussion: Advertising Standards Authority ASA CAP code misleading advertising
26 February 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The European Commission is investigating allegations that Google has acted anti-competitively over the way it has been ranking search results. Three businesses have complained to the Commission that their...
Tags on this discussion: abuse of dominant position comparative advertising competition law EU law European Commission European Union market abuse
25 February 2010 | Mark Weston
There is some uncertainty whether the Government has shifted its position in the Digital Economy Bill and adopted a more lenient line in respect of illegal peer-to-peer file-sharers. If passed, the Digital...
Tags on this discussion: copyright copyright infringement debill Digital Economy Bill file-sharing illegal Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP peer-to-peer unauthorised unlawful
18 February 2010 | Mark Weston
A web site called PleaseRobMe has been set up to post details of when people are away from home. The founders claim that they use data that people post on the Internet and put it in one place to show how...
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18 February 2010 | Mark Weston
People could be convicted of criminal offences under English laws despite their material being published in a US server, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The defendants had been involved with writing or...
Tags on this discussion: Court of Appeal criminal law cross-border jurisdiction server
16 February 2010 | Mark Weston
An Australian court has ruled that an Internet service provider was not liable for the unauthorised peer-to-peer file-sharing habits of users to whom the ISP merely provided access. Roadshow Films claimed...
Tags on this discussion: copryight infringement copyright file-sharing Intellectual property intellectul property rights Internet service provider ISP peer-to-peer
11 February 2010 | Mark Weston
Since 2004, A had been operating the blinkx.com web site, which was an Internet service providing access to film, television and video content. In 2008, B started up its own site at blinkbox.com, which...
Tags on this discussion: delay High Court infringement injunction Intellectual property intellectual property rights passing off trade mark trade mark infringement
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