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Consumer Rights Directive adopted to merge and enhance consumer rights

25 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Consumer Rights Directive has been adopted by the European Union Council of Ministers and will become law across the EU. The Directive will combine rights of consumers in various situations into one...

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Intellectual Property Office relaxes exception to patentability for computerisation of mental act following recent High Court case

24 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Intellectual Property Office has relaxed the rules relating to the patentability of the computerisation of what would otherwise have been a mental act. This follows a High Court case which had ruled...

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ASA tells competitors to try to resolve disputes amicably before involving the ASA

23 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority has told businesses that they should try to resolve disputes with their competitors before flagging them up with the ASA. The ASA is the industry’s voluntary regulator...

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Chiquita plays competition law regime leniency card successfully again as European Commission goes bananas over PIG price fixing

19 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has fined Pacific Fruit nearly €9 million for co-ordinating prices with rival banana importer, Chiquita, over a nine month period in respect of imports into Portugal, Italy and...

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EC publishes report on child safety on social-networking websites

19 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission (EC) has published a report on child safety on social-networking websites. It is the second report since an agreement was reached with social networking website providers in 2009...

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ECJ says ban on Internet sales took selective distribution system outside of block exemption protection in EU competition law – Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetique v French Competition Board, European Court of Justice

18 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg

PFDC makes and markets cosmetics and personal care products under certain brands. It requires sales to be made in a physical space in the presence of a qualified pharmacist. The French Competition Board...

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School and Union sign undertakings with Information Commissioner after unencrypted laptops with sensitive personal data on them are stolen

17 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Association of School and College Leaders and Holly Park School have signed separate undertakings with the Information Commissioner’s Office after laptops containing sensitive personal data had been...

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UK ban on sale of foreign decoders in breach of European law, but is this the final score? – FA Premier League v QC Leisure and Karen Murphy, European Court of Justice

17 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg | 1 comment

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has released its ruling in the case of a pub landlady in England who used a decoder card from Greece to show the Premier League football matches live. Karen Murphy used...

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Confusion between Gaga and Goo Goo results in injunction – Ate My Heart v Mind Candy, High Court

14 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Ate My Heart has succeeded in obtaining a High Court injunction to stop Mind Candy from promoting a song on YouTube and iTunes featuring the fictional character Lady Goo Goo. Ate My Heart was the company...

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Jumping the gun and terminating for late performance before the contractual procedure allows leads to wrongdoer becoming the victim – Gesner v Bombardier, Court of Appeal

12 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Gesner contracted to buy an aeroplane from Bombardier. The contract provided that Gesner could invoke the termination clause if there was a 90 day period of non-excusable delay in delivery. The plane was...

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