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30 Apr 2010
Football fixture lists are protected by database copyright but not by the EU's database right, the High Court has said. The ruling means that sporting bodies can charge users of their fixture lists licence fees.
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30 Apr 2010
Google does not infringe copyright when it displays thumbnail previews of pictures from other people's websites, the German Federal Supreme Court has ruled.
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29 Apr 2010
OPINION: It has been a long time since handheld-computer pioneer Palm set the consumer or stock markets alight, yet Hewlett-Packard was prepared this week to pay $1.2 billion for it. In cash.
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29 Apr 2010
In-house lawyers have no right to keep all of their communications with their employers secret when the company is being investigated by the European Commission for breaches of EU competition law, according to an Advocate-General.
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29 Apr 2010
The European Commission has been given a fresh mandate to negotiate with the US on that country's access to European banking records. The last agreement was rejected by the European Parliament.
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29 Apr 2010
A US company faces a copyright, trespass and trade secrets lawsuit because it 'scraped' the website of a rival on behalf of a client. The case underlines the legal uncertainty surrounding the practice.
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28 Apr 2010
The European Commission will investigate the establishment of a new EU agency to tackle cybercrime. The new agency could be part of Europol, EU ministers have said.
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28 Apr 2010
Companies are spending more on IT security than ever but are suffering from a rapidly escalating number of attacks and breaches, according to consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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28 Apr 2010
OPINION: Outrage over the contents of the till-now secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has focused on the potential harm to consumers. But now that a draft has been published we can see that it could do serious harm to businesses too.
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27 Apr 2010
The Italian court which sentenced three Google executives to a suspended jail term made a legal error, according to an Italian legal expert who has studied the judgment. Elvira Berlingieri told OUT-LAW that Google was likely to win any appeal.
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