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01 Jun 2001
The games industry in the UK has been outraged by plans announced by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Stephen Byers. In a joint initiative with Sweden, he hopes to lobby for reform of trade mark legislation, and the legalisation of so-called...
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01 Jun 2001
Motorola yesterday announced a lawsuit filed against US company Digital Wireless Technologies in response to numerous complaints from consumers alleging that the company has inundated them with unsolicited e-mails, or spam, entitled “Paging America”,...
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01 Jun 2001
ICANN, the body responsible for authorising new domain name extensions on the internet, has publicly criticised businesses that sell unofficial domain names such as .shop and .kids. ICANN recently authorised seven new domain names, including .biz, .name...
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01 Jun 2001
Toronto-based retail giant Canadian Tire yesterday lost its claim for the domain name CrappyTire.com following the decision by a panellist of the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
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31 May 2001
Hormel Foods Corporation, the maker of Spam luncheon meat, has accepted the use of the term “spam” as a word for junk e-mail, provided the alternative meaning is written in lower case and its product referred to in capitals. This concession...
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31 May 2001
The Better Business Bureau (BBB), a US organisation that offers dispute resolution and advisory services for businesses, is objecting to another business information organisation deep linking to its web site.
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31 May 2001
Next month will see discussions on an international treaty which could make web sites and ISPs more exposed to lawsuits from other countries, whilst posing major dilemmas for internet multinationals.
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31 May 2001
Nearly 80% of major US companies monitor their employees by checking their e-mail, internet, or telephone connections or by videotaping them at work, according to a recent survey by the American Management Association of 1,627 large and mid-sized US firms.
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30 May 2001
New York banks involved in the flotation of dot.coms during the late 1990’s internet boom are facing 21 class action lawsuits over allegations of flotation irregularities, according to a report by The Times.
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30 May 2001
E-mail users should be using encryption software for sensitive communications to counter the alleged US-led spying network Echelon, according to a European Parliament report. Echelon is the code-name for a global intelligence gathering network created...
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