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Tue, Jan, 6 2009
Facebook has sued a Brazil-based web company that allows its users to connect to a number of social networking sites at once. It claims that the site, Power.com, violates laws on copyright, trade marks and computer misuse.
Tue, Jan, 6 2009
Partners in a business can be forced to retire at 65, or at an earlier age, but only when justification is given for the business's policy, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.
Mon, Jan, 5 2009
A small regional newspaper publisher in the US is suing The New York Times Company over the online republication of news headlines. The case could help to define at what point republication becomes copyright infringement.
Mon, Jan, 5 2009
Telecoms companies must be clearer about additional charges they levy and must help customers to understand them better, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said.