Spanish court confirms YouTube not liable for copyright infringement in...
A Spanish court has confirmed that YouTube is not liable for the infringement of copyright in videos uploaded by users. The user generated content site service provider only becomes liable if it fails...
View ArticleDigital Economy Act to undergo judicial review
The Digital Economy Act is going to be judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to this year’s General Election. The Act was passed in a rush in...
View ArticleGovernment recommends replacement of consumer laws
The Government has recommended the replacement of three key pieces of consumer legislation that overlap and are similar. It wants to consolidate them into one law so consumers know where to find it,...
View ArticleAgent entitled to indemnity even if serious breach discovered after...
Under the European Union’s Commercial Agents Directive, agents are entitled to be indemnified or compensated on termination of their agency agreements, except in some limited situations such as when...
View ArticleUK tops the table for spam
The UK ranks above other Western European countries for the circulation of spam (junk email), according to a survey produced by Trend Micro, an Internet security business. Nearly 10% of spam emails...
View ArticleFootball Dataco back in court as European Court asked to rule on width of...
Football Dataco is back in the headlines (following its previous fixture in court – see here: http://www.mablaw.com/2010/12/infringement-database-rights-locatio-football-dataco-v-sportradar/). This...
View ArticleEuropean Court of Justice rules graphical user interface not protectable as...
BSA had applied to the Czech Ministry of Culture to collect copyright royalties for computer programs. The Ministry rejected BSA’s request on the basis that copyright protected only the underlying...
View ArticleFree-to-air sports safe despite challenges – FIFA and UEFA v European Commission
Paying to watch football on television has been in the news recently and has been the source of much controversy. Now the European General Court (EGC) has rejected a challenge by FIFA and UEFA, the...
View ArticleDigital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application...
BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to get the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to last year’s General Election...
View ArticleCookie recipe finally decided on
The Government has published its plans as to how European Union laws on electronic communications will be implemented in the UK. The EU Directives must be implemented by the Government by 25 May 2011....
View ArticleTransfer of agency agreement needs novation in order for assignee to be able...
B was an agent for various clothing manufacturers and agreed to be H’s agent. B invoiced for its commission in its own name. Later, B started to invoice in the name of F, another fashion agency. H...
View ArticleFree-to-air sports under threat again as FIFA and UEFA appeal
FIFA and UEFA recently lost a claim in the European General Court in which they had intended to prevent the broadcast of the football World Cup and European Championships on television in the UK as...
View ArticleArticle 29 Working Party leaves geo-location service providers disorientated...
The Article 29 Working Party has concluded an opinion on geo-location services on smart mobile devices (such as smart phones and tablet computers) by saying that they are linked to natural persons and...
View ArticleIntellectual Property Office consults on Bolar patent exceptions
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has started a consultation to investigate concerns over the Bolar exemption under section 60(5)(i) of the Patents Act 1977, which allows the performance of...
View ArticleGovernment proposes new single consolidated Consumer Bill of Rights
UK consumer laws will be merged into a single consolidated law, according to Government proposals. Currently, there are 12 statutes and Regulations, some of which overlap. The UK will also need to...
View ArticleConsumer Rights Directive adopted to merge and enhance consumer rights
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...
View ArticleEuropean Commission to consult over website take-down procedures
The European Commission is going to consult this year over take-down procedures for websites. Under the Electronic Commerce Directive, websites have no liability for illegal content that they host as...
View ArticleFootball fixture list commercial arm loses out to bookmakers as fixture lists...
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...
View ArticleUK patents will not be approved if result from destroyed human embryos
UK patents will no longer be granted by the Intellectual Property Office if they result from a process involving the destruction of human embryos. That is according to a statement from the Intellectual...
View ArticleEuropean Commission sues five countries for failing to implement cookies law
The European Commission is suing five countries for failure to implement the European Union laws that require users’ consent to use of cookies. The laws should have been implemented by May 2011. Only...
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