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Patent damages not refunded if EPO cancels patent

Damages for patent infringement awarded by a UK court must not be paid back even if the patent is later declared invalid by the European Patent Office (EPO), the Court of Appeal has ruled.
09/05/2007

Only deliberate inducement can be punished, say Lords

Someone cannot be sued for inducing another person to breach a contract unless it can be shown that the inducement was deliberate, the House of Lords has ruled in a decision which could have a significant impact on employment law.
09/05/2007

IBM and Amazon settle patent dispute with cross licensing agreement

IBM and Amazon have settled a two-way patent dispute dating from 2002 and have agreed to cross-licence each others' technologies. The deal involves Amazon paying the computers and services giant an undisclosed sum.
09/05/2007

Government threatens TV premium rate ban

The Government will ban television premium rate phone-ins if the industry cannot better regulate itself, broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has warned.
09/05/207

Government project reviews are not FOI exempt, says Tribunal

Crucial reviews of large, ongoing Government IT projects are not exempt from the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, the Information Tribunal has ruled. The Tribunal has backed the Information Commissioner's order that the reports become public.
08/05/2007

Legal action could follow Digg's encryption key U-turn

Digg, one of the websites at the forefront of the user-generated content movement, has chosen to open itself to legal risk rather than incur the wrath of its users over controversial anti-piracy code.
04/05/2007