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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  Individuals can be identified despite IP address sharing, BT says The use of Internet Protocol (IP) address sharing technology will not prevent individuals from being identified as the perpetrators of illegal online activity, BT has claimed. 09/05/2013 Availability of previews to digital content should determine consumers' rights to refunds, says expert Online retailers that offer previews to digital content they are selling should generally not be obliged to offer refunds to consumers that download the full material, an expert has said. 09/05/2013 Regulator warns data brokers about credit reporting privacy rules A number of companies in the US have been warned that they may be breaking privacy laws in the way they are selling information about consumers. 08/05/2013 Injunctions in standard-essential patent cases could be harder to justify after Commission ruling, say experts It may be more difficult for patent holders to justify taking court action to prevent rival firms using technology they have been involved in developing after the European Commission has ruled on a patent dispute, two experts have said. 08/05/2013 G-cloud listing now 'imperative' for Government IT suppliers under 'cloud first' policy, says expert Suppliers must focus on providing IT services through the cloud at competitive prices if they want to win contracts from Government in future, an expert has said. 07/05/2013 Copyright owners to help set meaning of 'diligent search' in orphan works reforms, says IPO Photographers and other rights holders will help define what constitutes a 'diligent search' for the author of copyrighted material as part of reforms to rules on 'orphan works' licensing, Out-Law.com has learned. 07/05/2013 Environment and Climate Change Environment ministers: agreement on emissions backloading needed by July UK and European environment ministers have set out the "urgent steps" which the European Commission should take this year to reform the EU's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). 09/05/2013 Financial Services Platforms can mitigate costs from transfer to clean share class products, says expert Platforms may not want to rush to transfer clients' existing investments to clean share classes, an expert has said. 09/05/2013 Tax EU tax information exchange framework will be "strengthened", Commissioner says The European Commission plans to strengthen existing rules allowing for the automatic exchange of financial information between EU member states in an attempt to tackle tax evasion, its Tax Commissioner has announced. 09/05/2013 Employment Tribunal disagreement on post-employment victimisation will create "confusion" for employers, says expert An individual can bring a claim against a former employer for victimisation that took place after the employment ended, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has said. 08/05/2013 Property Easing mobile broadband mast height restrictions will reduce overall number of masts, says expert Easing restrictions on the maximum height that existing telecoms masts can be increased to will lead to a reduction in the number of masts needed for supporting mobile broadband services, an expert has said. 07/05/2013 Insurance Insurers need 'explicit consent' for telematics data sharing, says trade body Insurance companies should obtain the "explicit consent" of drivers if they wish to share those individuals' personal telematics data with "non-essential" third parties, a trade body has recommended. 03/05/2013    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