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31 Jul 2000
A small Scottish start-up company has lost the first round in a trade mark infringement case against a large US company due in large part to its smaller size. The decision could be bad news for other small companies that try to resist pressure from bigger...
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31 Jul 2000
Electronic signatures are now legally recognised in UK law, following the coming into force of part of the Electronic Communications Act 2000.
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31 Jul 2000
A federal appeals court in San Fransisco granted Napster Inc. a stay on Friday afternoon, allowing the song-swapping service to remain on-line pending a full hearing of the copyright infringement case being brought by the Recording Industry Association...
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31 Jul 2000
The Data Protection Commissioner Elizabeth France is to issue a framework in September setting out how and when employers can monitor the use of e-mail and the internet by their employees or track their location by mobile phones.
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28 Jul 2000
Breathe has removed 500 users from its unmetered internet access service because they had been overusing the facility to such an extent that they were jeopardising the quality of service available to others.
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28 Jul 2000
An agreement has been reached between e-business consultants Xpedior and Microsoft spin-off Expedia that settles their trade mark dispute, causing Xpedior to change its name.
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28 Jul 2000
Deutsche Telekom is looking into the development of electronic money facilities following a recent E-Money Directive, which increased the scope of bodies able to operate as banks to include any electronic money institution.
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28 Jul 2000
EMI has agreed a settlement with MP3.com which it had sued for copyright infringement. In terms of the settlement, MP3.com will be allowed to store copies of EMI copyright protected music on the my.mp3.com web site, available for users to download the...
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27 Jul 2000
Internet retailer Amazon.com has reported second-quarter sales falling below the levels expected by Wall Street analysts. The figures showed revenues of $578 million, which are 84% higher than those for the corresponding quarter in 1999, but fail to meet...
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27 Jul 2000
A preliminary injunction was yesterday granted by a San Fransisco court against Napster Inc., the company behind the on-line music sharing service. The injunction, which was sought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), will force Napster...
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