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It was a case of one political victory to one candidate and one court victory to the other in a couple of election day battles. Colin Elsbury had beaten Eddie Talbot in a closely contested Welsh council...
Judge refuses to require online newspaper to disclose anonymous posters’ details over ‘pub talk’ comments after article– Clift v Clarke, High Court
After Ms Clift had successfully sued Slough Council for defamation proceedings, the Daily Mail newspaper ran a story about the case. In correspondence, Ms Clift described the newspaper’s report as excellent....
Government slams proposed EU 28th contract law regime as the Esperanto approach
The Government has called a European Union proposal for an alternative voluntary new legal system for contract law as the Esperanto approach. This comment came in a response to a European Commission consultation...
Google accuses Microsoft in ‘Bing Sting’
Google and Microsoft are engaged in a war of words after the long-standing search engine giant has accused Microsoft’s Bing search engine of copying and cheating following a sting operation coined the...
BT defends two-tier Internet allegations
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...
ASA launches advertising campaign on the online marketing regulation
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...
Government to discuss censoring certain material on the Internet with ISPs
Ed Vaizey, the Culture Minister, is meeting with Internet service providers to discuss censoring parts of the Internet at source. What he is really concerned about is stopping children accessing pornographic...
Microsoft founder fails in infringement lawsuit
Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, has failed in his claim that a number of household names, including Facebook and Google, had infringed patents registered by his firm Interval Licensing....
OFT sends message to online world that paid-for content appearing to be independent is misleading and won’t be tolerated
The Office of Fair Trading has sent down a clear message to the online community that web sites which purport to give independent reviews or material but are not really independent because they charge...
OFT publishes strategy to increase protection of consumer rights when shopping online, including better enforcement
The Office of Fair Trading has published a strategy document to better protect consumers who shop online in the UK. The OFT would like to undertake more effective enforcement, improve compliance by businesses...