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Government proposes intermediary role for ISPs in new Defamation Bill

30 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Government has proposed that intermediaries such as Internet service providers act as “liaison points” between authors of allegedly defamatory comments and the people about whom the allegations...

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Force India gets a chequered result in F1 car design claims – Force India Formula One Team Limited v 1 Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD, 1 Malaysia Racing Team (UK) Limited, Michael Gascoyne, Aerolab and Fondmetal Technologies, High Court

30 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Force India entered into a Formula One (F1) agreement for the development of a new F1 car with Aerolab. Aerolab created confidential computer-aided design (CAD) files under that agreement, and all intellectual...

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Football fixture list commercial arm loses out to bookmakers as fixture lists not protected by copyright or database right despite significant skill and labour – Football Dataco v Yahoo!, European Court of Justice

30 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

It has been the case for a few years under European Union law that there is no database right protection in compiling sports fixture lists as the investment involved in the data is in the creation of it...

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High Court considers misrepresentation claim and entire agreement clause – (1) Bikam Ood (2) Central Investment Group SA V Adria Cable SARL, High Court

30 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Under a share purchase agreement, Bikam Ood and Central Investment Group (B) agreed to sell 68.5% of the shares in a Bulgarian satellite broadcasting company to Adria Cable (A). The price of the shares...

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CBI attacks “unworkable” EU data protection proposals

30 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Confederation of British Industry has attacked the European Commission’s proposals for new data protection laws as “unworkable” and said that they add complexity, cost and uncertainty. They would...

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UK teenage website operator faces extradition to US for making money out of links to pirated film and TV content

30 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

A UK man who was a teenager when he operated the tvshack.net website is facing extradition to the US after the Home Secretary approved the US’s request. Richard O’Dwyer’s site made £150,000 from...

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High Court gives some comfort on exclusion of implied terms under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and gives international contract exceptions a wide interpretation – Air Transworld Ltd v Bombardier Inc, High Court

30 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

It is common in contracts for the sale of goods for sellers to include a clause that excludes conditions implied into the contract by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (SGA). The SGA implies conditions in relation...

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Yahoo! sues Facebook for alleged infringement of 10 patents

30 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Yahoo! is suing Facebook for alleged infringement of 10 of its patents, alleging that its entire social networking model is based on Yahoo's patented social networking technology. Facebook has about 50...

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CNIL questions sent to Google about new privacy policy

29 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Following on-going criticism about Google's implementation of a new privacy policy, CNIL, the French data protection regulator, has asked Google to answer 69 questions about the move. The new privacy policy...

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Major cause of data breaches is open door left open – Trustwave 2012 Global Security Report

27 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

There are lots of data breaches and compromises on IT security but the major cause is the front door being left open rather than sophisticated hack attacks. Those are the findings of the Trustwave 2012...

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