Friday, 6 August 2010

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This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM

High Court considers hyperlinked pages as context in defamation case

The High Court has examined material on pages linked to from an allegedly defamatory online article to help it decide the meaning of the piece.
04/08/2010

Google to allow trade marks as keywords across Europe

Google will let companies use competitors' trade marks as keywords to trigger search adverts in all European countries for the first time. The move will test the interpretation of a number of EU and national court rulings on the controversial practice.
04/08/2010

US businesses face web accessibility legal duty backed by fines

The websites of countless US businesses will have to be accessible to disabled people under a proposed change to federal laws. To be lawful, the US Department of Justice wants sites to meet a technical standard known as 'Level AA'.
03/08/2010

Battle of the forms ends without terms and conditions victor

The failure of two companies to agree whose terms and conditions governed the sale of a consignment of goods means that neither company's terms can be enforced, the High Court has said.
02/07/2010

Budvar win ends Budweiser EU trade mark hopes in 100-year legal battle

Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar has won a 14-year legal battle to defend its trade mark for the name 'Budweiser' for its beer in Germany and Austria. The victory was just the latest, though, in a struggle stretching back 100 years.
02/07/2010

Virgin's email to opted-out customer broke rules, says ASA

Virgin Media broke advertising regulations when it sent an email promoting deals and offers to a customer who had opted out of marketing communications, the advertising regulator has said. The company had claimed the message was a service update.
30/07/2010