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. 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. 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. 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'. 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. 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. 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. OUT-LAW Radio will be back soon.
This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
High Court considers hyperlinked pages as context in defamation case
04/08/2010Google to allow trade marks as keywords across Europe
04/08/2010US businesses face web accessibility legal duty backed by fines
03/08/2010Battle of the forms ends without terms and conditions victor
02/07/2010Budvar win ends Budweiser EU trade mark hopes in 100-year legal battle
02/07/2010Virgin's email to opted-out customer broke rules, says ASA
30/07/2010
Friday, 6 August 2010
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