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05 Jan 2006
The abuse of a dominant market position can incur the wrath of the European Commission – but its policy of enforcement is perceived as inconsistent and difficult to understand. Accordingly, the Commission is putting clarity at the centre of a new...
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22 Dec 2005
'Deleted' Government records needn't necessarily be treated as deleted after all, according to a ruling by the Information Tribunal, which deals with appeals against rulings under the Freedom of Information Act.
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22 Dec 2005
The European Commission has threatened to impose a €2m (£1.36m; $2.4m) per day fine on Microsoft if it does not supply "adequate information about its server programs" by 25 January, the BBC reports. The EU declared it was "left with no alternative"...
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22 Dec 2005
The European Commission today set out proposals that would allow companies to use one application to protect their designs both within the EU and in countries that have signed up to a treaty on the international registration of industrial designs.
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22 Dec 2005
The Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal against a landmark ruling in favour of the UK's Office of Fair Trading, confirming the OFT's view that mailings sent to UK consumers by Belgian company D Duchesne SA were misleading.
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22 Dec 2005
Publishing a photograph of JK Rowling's London home was a breach of her privacy and risked her personal security, according to a ruling from the Press Complaints Commission in favour of the Harry Potter author.
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22 Dec 2005
Two advertising trade groups have sent letters to the Minister for Sport, Richard Caborn MP, expressing concerns over advertising restrictions that will soon be in place as part of the preparations for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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22 Dec 2005
The Government must do more to raise consumer awareness of the need for recycling old electrical and electronic equipment, according to a survey commissioned by a consortium of electrical product manufacturers.
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21 Dec 2005
A US court has delivered a setback to religious conservatives hoping to get the theory of intelligent design onto the school curriculum.
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21 Dec 2005
Parliament has approved an increase in the maximum fine that can be imposed on premium-rate rogues. The cap on the fines that can be imposed by Britain's premium-rate services regulator is going up to £250,000 from 30 th December 2005.
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