February 2003 Articles

    • Nike wins landmark trade mark case in China

      24 Feb 2004

      US-based sportswear multinational Nike has been handed a landmark victory by a Chinese court, which, according to media reports, ruled that trade mark protection in China covers not only the marketing of goods under the Nike brand name, but also their...

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    • Citibank wins injunction against ATM vulnerabilities disclosure

      24 Feb 2004

      Following a request by Citibank and Diners' Club, the High Court in London has issued an order preventing a group of Cambridge University researchers from publicly disclosing cryptographic vulnerabilities in the technology used to protect withdrawals...

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    • Gator and publishers settle pop-up ads lawsuit

      10 Feb 2004

      A group of major US publishers have settled a lawsuit against software and behavioural marketing company Gator, which delivers pop-up ads on behalf of its clients at third-party web sites without permission from the operators of those sites, according...

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    • UK Treasury considers anti-terror measures

      27 Feb 2003

      The UK Treasury has published a consultation document suggesting new powers which would allow the Government to take control of the country's financial markets in the event of "a major operational disruption", such as terrorist attacks.

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    • EU consultation on video-surveillance and privacy

      27 Feb 2003

      A working document examining the application of EU data protection legislation in the area of video surveillance has been issued by the European Union's Working Party on data protection. The group, comprising EU Data Protection Commissioners, has launched...

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    • Privacy group’s error exposes personal data

      27 Feb 2003

      The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sent out an e-mail newsletter that inadvertently contained the names and e-mail addresses of hundreds of those individuals and groups who received it, according to The Washington Post.

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    • Man called John Walker loses johnniewalker.me.uk

      27 Feb 2003

      A British man called John Walker has lost a legal battle over the domain name johnniewalker.me.uk to Guinness United Distillers, the producers of Johnnie Walker whisky and owners of the Johnnie Walker trade mark. Nominet UK has ruled that the registration...

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    • Mass-mailing computer worm spreading in the UK

      25 Feb 2003

      An internet mass mailing worm that leaves infected computer systems vulnerable to future attacks and is currently spreading through Asia and Europe started hitting the UK at 10 am yesterday, according to internet e-mail security firm MessageLabs.

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    • Legitimate Napster service to be launched this year

      25 Feb 2003

      CD-burning technology company Roxio said yesterday it is planning to re-launch the once popular Napster service as a legitimate music download service before the end of the year, according to media reports.

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    • Users of .co.uk warned about domain registering outfit’s e-mails

      25 Feb 2003

      Nominet UK, the national registry for all .uk domain names, has issued a statement warning registrants of .co.uk domains about the sales tactics of a domain registering outfit called UK Internet Registry Ltd.

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