-
31 Jul 2008
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned insurers to avoid using the term "consequential loss" in consumer insurance policies because most people don't know what it means.
More details
-
31 Jul 2008
The BBC has been fined £400,000 for conducting viewer and listener competitions unfairly. It is the highest fine ever imposed on the BBC by media regulator Ofcom.
More details
-
31 Jul 2008
An inquiry panel established by a Government advisory body has recommended that many of the records on the UK's DNA database, the biggest in the world, be deleted. A ruling is still awaited from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the issue....
More details
-
30 Jul 2008
The film industry's US trade body has sued two websites because they provide links to copyright-infringing copies of films. The body said that it believes that the sites infringe copyright despite not hosting material themselves.
More details
-
30 Jul 2008
A judge has said that expert evidence in trade mark disputes is rarely likely to be relevant when it comes to deciding if a consumer will be confused by two supposedly similar marks.
More details
-
30 Jul 2008
Europe's top court has been asked to help settle a case which could undermine the business model of top flight football. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has been asked whether TV sports deals breach competition law.
More details
-
30 Jul 2008
The Government has published plans on how it might regulate the video on demand industry. It has also said that it is reluctant to relax rules on product placement on television.
More details
-
30 Jul 2008
NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal against extradition to the US. Five Law Lords have unanimously rejected his argument that plea bargaining by US prosecutors undermined his human rights.
More details
-
30 Jul 2008
A dispute between two of the world's biggest business software companies has escalated, with Oracle accusing SAP executives of knowing about a subsidiary's alleged downloading of five terabytes of Oracle software and documentation.
More details
-
30 Jul 2008
The European Commission has proposed creating a single strategy for the protection of industrial property rights in Europe. The Commission wants to integrate its strategy for industrial property rights and encourage smaller businesses to protect rights....
More details