Hi, here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, there are plenty of other stories from this week. You can also access our archive of weekly emails. Google has increased by 190 the number of countries in which advertisers will be able to pay for their ads to appear when a rival's trade mark is typed into its search engine. That policy previously only applied in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. The Government plans to keep DNA profiles of people not convicted of any crime for up to 12 years in a move critics claim does not fully implement a decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Internet service providers should only be able to disconnect users on the order of a court, the European Parliament has said. The demand has derailed the expected ratification of European telecoms reform at a Parliament session today. Software that allows programmers to program a mobile phone system remotely from a computer can be patented because it is more than just a software program, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has ruled. Someone who deliberately breaches a fundamental term of a contract generally cannot rely on exemptions in the contract to avoid liability to the other party without clear, strong language to that effect, the High Court has ruled. The Government plans to clarify and simplify consumers' rights in a bid to encourage online shoppers to make more use of them. It will publish a plan in the summer for helping shoppers to understand and exercise their rights. OUT-LAW Radio has been away for a few weeks but it will be back next week. We promise.
This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
Google lets advertisers buy rivals' trade marks as keywords in 194 countries
07/05/2009Government will keep DNA for up to 12 years despite European court ruling
07/05/2009European Parliament vetoes telecoms reform, demands court order for ISP disconnection
06/05/2009Intellectual Property Office approves software patent for UK
06/05/2009Exemption clauses need strong words to survive deliberate, fundamental breaches, says High Court
06/05/2009Government will clarify consumer law to encourage e-commerce
06/05/2009
Friday, 8 May 2009
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