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View online Hi, here is your weekly round-up of Out-Law News highlights from international law firm Pinsent Masons.  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  Expert warns of 'innocuous' out-of-process supplier changes that can impact on businesses Businesses are being encouraged to review their contracts with suppliers after a recent survey showed the problems that can occur as a result of changes made to services that fall outside of the scope of change control arrangements. 18/04/2013 UK Games Tax Relief plans may breach EU state aid rules, says Commission The European Commission is investigating whether proposed tax breaks for businesses involved in the UK video games industry would constitute illegal state aid. 18/04/2013 UK seeing greatest demand for expanded data centres, with security concerns the main driver, survey says Demand for data centre expansion is keenest in the UK and expansion is being driven by security concerns, an industry survey has found. 18/04/2013 Unauthorised browsing of copyrighted material online is legitimate, says UK Supreme Court The UK Supreme Court has asked the EU's highest court to rule on whether the temporary copies that computers make to allow material to be read online breach copyright laws. 17/04/2013 Courts can use hypothetical licensing arrangements to calculate trade mark damages, says High Court Courts can calculate trade mark infringement damages based on a hypothetical licensing arrangement, the High Court has said. 17/04/2013 CJEU dismisses Spain and Italy's challenge to new unitary patent framework The EU's highest court has rejected complaints from Spain and Italy about the legality and fairness of plans for an EU unitary patent framework. 16/04/2013 Financial services TISA: platforms could choose to 'swallow' cost of tax owed from rebates rather than incur 'throw away' systems cost Platforms will have to decide whether it is worth the "throw away" cost of developing systems that allow them to calculate how much tax customers owe for the rebates they receive or whether they should just "swallow" those costs themselves, according to an industry specialist. 18/04/2013 European Parliament approves bonus cap and stronger capital requirements for banks Stricter capital requirements and more stringent supervision will apply to European banks from the start of next year after the European Parliament voted through a "comprehensive" programme of banking reform. 17/04/2013 Employment House of Commons overrules Lords to reinstate employee shareholders The House of Commons has voted to reinstate plans to allow employees to give up some employment rights in exchange for shares in their employer, after they were rejected by the House of Lords last month. 18/04/2013 Environmental and Climate Change European Parliament narrowly rejects carbon "backloading" plans The European Parliament has narrowly voted to reject a temporary fix for the EU's struggling Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), claiming that the proposals would "undermine confidence" in the system. 17/04/2013 Pensions Increase in late payments to pension schemes could signal trouble for employers, says expert A 35% increase in the number of employers making late payments into their company pension schemes could be indicative of wider economic problems ahead, an expert has warned. 16/04/2013 Tax HMRC publishes "more practical" guidance on application of GAAR HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published updated guidance on how the new general anti-abuse rule (GAAR) will work.  The revised guidance has now been approved by the Interim GAAR Advisory Panel. 16/04/2013   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. If and when you need further advice, we hope you'll choose Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com .   Please forward this email to your friends. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like your own subscription, register here. Copyright © 2013 Pinsent Masons LLP, All rights reserved.  You are receiving this email because you are a contact of Out-Law.com or Pinsent Masons LLP and your details are held in their clients and contacts database  Our mailing address is:  Pinsent Masons LLP 30 Crown Place London, UK EC2A 4ES United Kingdom