June 2005 Articles

    • SCO slander case to proceed

      30 Jun 2005

      The SCO Group won a minor victory in a slander suit against Novell on Monday, after a Utah District Court refused to dismiss the action. SCO had accused the Linux distributor of interfering, in bad faith, with SCO’s rights in the UNIX operating...

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    • Pop-up ads do not infringe trade marks, says court

      30 Jun 2005

      WhenU.com has won a court battle over pop-up ads that it displayed on the web site of contact lens seller 1-800 Contacts, after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the ads did not breach 1-800 Contacts’ trade marks.

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    • Volvo parts seller can use Volvo domain name

      30 Jun 2005

      Volvo has lost an attempt to recover the domain name volvo-auto-body-parts-online.com from a spare parts dealer, with an arbitration panellist saying that unauthorised dealers can enjoy the same rights to a trade mark as authorised dealers.

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    • Regulator probes Crazy Frog

      30 Jun 2005

      The premium rate services regulator has launched an investigation into a company behind the Crazy Frog phenomenon, after complaints that children have been duped into signing up to an expensive subscription service.

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    • Sony stops PSP sales in UK

      30 Jun 2005

      Sony has won an injunction to stop a one-man band reseller from flogging imported Playstation portables.

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    • ID Cards Bill survives House of Commons vote

      29 Jun 2005

      The Government narrowly won a second reading of the controversial Identity Cards Bill in the House of Commons yesterday, after the Home Secretary agreed to put a cap on the cost of obtaining a card.

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    • Phisher men sent to prison

      29 Jun 2005

      Two men involved in a phishing scam that earned around £6.5 million over two years were sentenced to prison on Monday. US citizen Douglas Havard received a sentence of six years, while Scottish-born Lee Elwood was given four.

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    • How patents can help your business: guidance from WIPO

      29 Jun 2005

      The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has published new guidance for entrepreneurs, inventors and SMEs, explaining how patents can be used to further strategic business goals.

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    • AMD sues Intel alleging monopoly abuse

      29 Jun 2005

      Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) sued Intel on Monday, alleging that its chip-making rival has abused a monopoly position in the x86 microprocessor market by coercing 38 companies into steering clear of AMD.

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    • Jersey to tighten rules that allow cheap DVDs and CDs

      28 Jun 2005

      A tax loophole that has let retailers like Tesco and Amazon.co.uk establish operations in the Channel Islands to sell DVDs and CDs on-line to UK consumers free of VAT is to be tightened by the Jersey government.

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