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Landmark ruling means it's time to review your website disclaimers
EDITORIAL: In the first case of its kind, the Court of Appeal has endorsed website disclaimers. Mistakes can be excused by warning notices, it ruled. However, the judges based their decision, at least in part, on a misunderstanding.
29/07/2009
Interest rate of 15% was not a punishment, rules Court of Appeal
An interest rate of 15% agreed in a contract between two companies was not a penalty and was justified, the Court of Appeal has said. The interest, which had been ruled unlawful, can be charged, said the Court.
30/07/2009
HMRC cannot detain counterfeits en route to non-EU countries, says High Court with regret
Customs authorities do not have the power to seize goods that enter the UK in transit from a non-European Union country to another non-EU country even if they know they are counterfeit, the High Court has said.
28/07/2009
Online retailers seek age verification mechanism
Online retailers will create an age-verification tool to allow shoppers to prove their age, the UK's online retail trade body has said. The solution is likely to involve asking the payment industry for extra information.
28/07/2009
Free speech protects confusing domain name, rules WIPO
A website that parodied the site of a political lobbying organisation has survived a domain name challenge from the target of its satire because there was no commercial exploitation of the name, even though it was deliberately confusing.
28/07/2009
Eleven-word snippets can infringe copyright, rules ECJ
The copying and reproduction of just 11 words of a news article can be copyright infringement, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Europe's highest court has said that a clippings service's copying could be unlawful.
27/07/2009
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