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Online sales continue to grow rapidly

28 July 2011 | Mark Weston

Online sales in the UK continue their rapid expansion. Latest figures show that purchases made over the Internet have now reached nearly 10% of all UK retail revenue. The sales from one June to the next...

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L’Oréal battle with eBay worth it as ECJ delivers stunning victory for the cosmetics brand in battle against trade mark infringers – L’Oréal v eBay, European Court of Justice

27 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Some two years ago, the High Court ruled that eBay would not be jointly liable for trade mark infringements by its users who sold infringing products on its website. However, the ruling was referred to...

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Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals

26 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Performing Rights Society for Music has called on search engines to offer a traffic light service under which Internet users could see whether a music site they were going to was supporting legitimately...

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Lawyer-shaming website finds out what Solicitors from Hell really means

25 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick | 3 comments

One thing that’s probably not a good idea is trying to take on the whole legal profession in an explosive issue that they all feel strongly about – their professional reputations. Well, Solicitors...

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Google ends suspension of links to Belgian newspapers’ websites after agreeing basis of copyright infringement action

25 July 2011 | Mark Weston

Google has agreed to allow Belgian newspapers to be listed on search results generated by its search engine after the newspapers had claimed that Google had been unnecessarily aggressive in removing them....

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Court orders BT to impose filter to stop its users having access to unauthorised film-sharing site – Twentieth Century Fox v BT, High Court

22 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The High Court has for the first time ordered an Internet service provider to block its users from accessing a website that contained copyright-infringing material. In a previous legal action, several...

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European Commission consults on harmonised data breach notification rules

21 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The revision to the E-Privacy Directive – which was recently implemented in the UK with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Amendment Regulations 2011 – has introduced European...

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Amazon ‘one-click’ not granted patent

21 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld a decision of the EPO’s Examining Division that Amazon’s ‘one-click’ system for purchasing a product on its website, whereby customers can pay for a...

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ECJ rules French betting monopoly allowed to lead the field

21 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Zeturf Ltd, a Maltese betting company, brought a claim against the French government at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) seeking a repeal of French legislation that allowed a single operator to provide...

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Italian court says Yahoo! Does not need to remove links to infringing site

19 July 2011 | Mark Weston

An Italian court has denied a claim made by a distributor of an Iranian film called “About Elly” that Yahoo! should remove search results that provide links to infringing copies of the film. The judge...

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Latest news and views tagged Online

Online sales continue to grow rapidly

L’Oréal battle with eBay worth it as ECJ delivers stunning victory for the cosmetics brand in battle against trade mark infringers – L’Oréal v eBay, European Court of Justice

Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals

Lawyer-shaming website finds out what Solicitors from Hell really means

Google ends suspension of links to Belgian newspapers’ websites after agreeing basis of copyright infringement action

Court orders BT to impose filter to stop its users having access to unauthorised film-sharing site – Twentieth Century Fox v BT, High Court

European Commission consults on harmonised data breach notification rules

Amazon ‘one-click’ not granted patent

ECJ rules French betting monopoly allowed to lead the field

Italian court says Yahoo! Does not need to remove links to infringing site

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