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ECJ says online retailers can almost never charge for use made of returned goods
Online retailers can only charge a consumer for the use they made of a product which they then returned if it was used in bad faith or for 'unjust enrichment', the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.
10/09/2009
Getty Images wins £2,000 settlement over unauthorised web use of photo
A removals firm has been ordered to pay nearly £2,000 to photographic agency Getty Images for using a copyright-protected photograph on its website. The company had removed the picture when notified by Getty but had not paid a requested fee.
10/09/2009
Former employee who emailed company info to himself breached database rights, High Court rules
The founder of a conferencing business breached his former employer's database rights and misappropriated its confidential information, the High Court has said.
08/09/2009
Over half of Europe's electronics retail sites break the law, says Commission
An investigation of hundreds of European websites selling electronics has found that 55% of them appear to break consumer protection laws. Those sites are under further investigation, the European Commission has said.
09/09/2009
EU firms 'hesitant' to go to China over IP worries, says EU trade chief
European companies are hesitant to do business in China because of fears that their intellectual property will not be protected, according to the European Union's Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton.
09/09/2009
Web hosts face payout as jury says they should have known about customers' infringement
Two web hosting companies have been ordered to pay $32 million in damages after failing to convince a US jury that they were immune from responsibility for their users' actions.
07/09/2009
OUT-LAW Radio: Should patent infringers be jailed?
10/09/2009: Inventor of the wind-up radio Trevor Baylis has called for patent infringement to be criminalised. He tells OUT-LAW Radio why.
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