Hi, Here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, click the links to read the full stories of the summaries below or see these and many other stories from this week's news at http://www.out-law.com/page-5951. You can also access our archive of weekly emails at http://www.out-law.com/page-7793. The OUT-LAW Team ***The Outsourcing Summit*** The UK's no.1 platform for sharing best practices London, 19th and 20th November 2007 See: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/outsourcing/ ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. MiFID: Financial borders fall but small firms must beware, warns trade body Pan-European regulation of large sections of the financial services sector comes into force today, but the benefits of the system will largely pass smaller firms by, according to the British Banking Association (BBA). 01/11/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8594 2. Lords back protection for overseas card transactions The House of Lords has supported the overturning of an earlier court decision that could have damaged confidence in e-commerce. The Lords ruled against Lloyds TSB, Tesco Personal Finance and American Express yesterday. 01/11/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8595 3. Developer keeps software rights as implied term argument fails in court A company’s claim for ownership of the copyright in a piece of software has failed because it was not explicitly stated in a contract. Meridian International Services had said that its ownership was an implied term of an agreement. 31/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8590 4. Tarzan yell must be written in music for trade mark registration Tarzan’s distinctive yell cannot be registered as a trade mark because it is almost impossible to represent graphically. Sounds can be registered as trade marks, but the ruling could limit that to sounds that can be written in standard musical notation. 30/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8587 5. Public-private contracts could lose all secrecy after Scottish decision The Scottish Information Commissioner has ordered a health board to disclose the details of a private finance initiative (PFI) hospital deal worth £1.2 billion. The decision could have far-reaching consequences, says a freedom of information law expert. 29/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8583 6. Someone might be stealing your domain name searches, says ICANN The body that regulates the structure of the internet is investigating whether unscrupulous operators are stealing domain name ideas from customers. 26/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8580 ***OUT-LAW Radio*** We talk to the Scottish Information Commissioner about plans north and south of the border to extend freedom of information laws to private companies. 01/11/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7212 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website run by international law firm Pinsent Masons of 30 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0ER. Feel free to forward this email to your friends. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like your own subscription, register free at http://www.out-law.com. Existing subscribers: you can manage your profile at http://www.out-law.com/page-520. The email address for this subscription is <>. Feel free to give us your feedback by replying to this email. To unsubscribe, please reply with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. (We'd also appreciate you telling us why you've decided to unsubscribe.)