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View online 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    This week's highlights from Out-Law News TMT & Sourcing and Intellectual Property Changing scope of anti-piracy code would need Parliamentary and EU approval, says Ofcom Ofcom would have to consult on and gain Parliamentary and EU approval for any changes it wishes to make to the scope of its proposed new anti-piracy code once the initial code is finalised, it has said. 04/10/2012 Default browser 'do not track' setting will result in less online content, say advertisers Internet users will have access to less content on the internet if Microsoft follows through with its policy of automatically preventing advertisers from tracking the online activity of users of its web browser, a US advertising industry body has said. 04/10/2012 Cyber attacks on banks simulated in EU-wide test Mock systems designed to replicate the "characteristics and performance of actual critical information infrastructures" used by some major European banks are being subjected to cyber attacks today in an EU-wide test. 04/10/2012 High Court ruling on chocolate wrapper colour trade mark rights will be welcomed by Cadbury, says expert A High Court ruling that gives Cadbury the exclusive right to use a particular shade of purple on its Dairy Milk and other milk chocolate bar packaging will allow the company to "police" against others' use of the colour, a trade mark law specialist has said. 03/10/2012 Ofcom to hold 4G spectrum auction before end of year after stakeholder talks dispel legal action threat Mobile operators will be able to deliver new superfast broadband services to consumers by early spring next year after Ofcom announced that it would be able to auction off spectrum to enable the services to be delivered before the end of this year. 03/10/2012 Electronic identification schemes should be governed by common data security requirements, EU privacy body says Third party organisations tasked with certifying that systems individuals use for inputting personally identifying information are genuine should have to abide by a "common set of security requirements," an EU privacy body has said. 03/10/2012 Commercial New Single Market Act will break down unnecessary barriers to trade, says UK The European Commission has published 12 proposals that it said would further integrate national economies into a single EU market. This will help to integrate vital infrastructure and make it easier for businesses to operate across borders, the Commission. 04/10/2012 Energy Irish wind developers should be compensated up to a fixed limit if output from projects is turned down by the system Wind developers that operate turbines across the Irish Single Electricity Market (SEM) should be compensated up to a fixed limit if forced to reduce power production because they are producing more electricity than can be used, the SEM Committee has said. 04/10/2012 Financial Services FSA says EU plans to allow cash rebates do not 'conflict' with RDR rules The UK's City regulator said that it does not expect its plans to prevent financial product providers or fund managers from paying cash rebates to investors will "conflict" with EU law, despite a European Parliament committee voting to allow the practice. 04/10/2012 Clouds over the EU and time to talk IT John Salmon’s Financial Services blog 04/10/2012 Infrastructure Government cancels West Coast rail franchise competition after "flaws" identified The competition to run trains on the West Coast Main Line has been cancelled after the Government discovered "significant technical flaws" in the way the procurement process was conducted by officials, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. 03/10/2012 Banking and Restructuring Banking experts propose EU-wide separation of high-risk trading from retail banking European banks should be restructured so that high-risk trading activities are provided by a different entity to that providing retail banking activities, a panel of banking experts has recommended. 03/10/2012 Pinsent Masons: combining the experience, resources and international reach of McGrigors and Pinsent Masons   About this email This is a weekly email for subscribers of Out-Law.com, a website with more than 10,000 pages of legal news and guidance. 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