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29 Sep 2006
A new law will come into force on Sunday which will change the face of employment legislation. The law bans employment discrimination based on age and outlaws mandatory retirements before the age of 65.
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29 Sep 2006
A new internet domain specifically designed for mobile phone viewing has opened for sale. The .mobi domain has finished its trade mark-protecting 'sunrise' period and has put all available addresses on general sale.
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29 Sep 2006
Another file-sharing software maker has been found guilty of causing copyright infringement. A US judge has said that the Morpheus software produced by StreamCast breaks the law.
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29 Sep 2006
Around half of Advanced Micro Devices' case against Intel has collapsed after a Delaware judge ruled in Intel's favour on a procedural motion. AMD is considering an appeal. The judge also postponed a trial until 2009.
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28 Sep 2006
The leader of the pro-file-sharing Swedish Pirate Party is co-ordinating a pan-European electoral assault for 2009's European Elections. Rick Falvinge told OUT-LAW Radio that it would be the first ever political platform that stretched across Europe....
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28 Sep 2006
Apple is taking legal action against a series of businesses who use 'pod' in their titles. The company claims that the businesses violate its rights in the term because of its iPod music player.
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28 Sep 2006
The US Government directly lobbied the EU's Competition Commissioner in an attempt to influence her on Microsoft's behalf. Commissioner Neelie Kroes has said that the intervention was not welcome and that that behaviour is "not done".
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28 Sep 2006
An attempt to sneak a US bill banning online gambling into law has run into trouble. Supporters of the bill had attempted to attach the bill to a defence bill being passed this week, but the move has been blocked by the Armed Services Committee.
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27 Sep 2006
Shops which use RFID tags and CCTV cameras must tell shoppers every time an RFID tag is used and must tell shoppers how to remove them. The order comes in guidelines produced by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
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27 Sep 2006
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a series of TV ads for "alcopops" WKD and Smirnoff Ice, citing "new rules and Guidance Notes" which came into force on 1 January 2005 "as a result of widespread concern about drinking behaviour among...
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