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 ***Infosecurity Europe 2008*** Infosecurity Europe is Europe's number one Information Security event. Now in its 13th anniversary year, Infosecurity Europe continues to provide an unrivalled education programme, the most diverse range of new products & services from over 300 exhibitors and over 11,000 visitors from every segment of the industry. Held on the 22nd – 24th April 2008 in the Grand Hall, Olympia, this is a must attend event for all IT professionals involved in Information Security. See: http://www.infosec.co.uk/outlawemail ***Take our survey and you could win an Apple iPod Touch*** We are running a survey on How to design a better court system. Take the 2-minute survey and you could win one of three 16GB Apple iPod Touches. See: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BZr9pJIJhS9u3aI7LH3eMg_3d_3d ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. ICANN proposes new anti-domain tasting solution The body behind the internet's addressing system, ICANN, could stop any domain name registrar from processing refunds on more than 10% of its domains in any given month in a new bid to stop domain name tasting. 19/03/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8956 2. Information Commissioner to focus on reducing risk, not enforcement The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said that its aim is to protect people from the risks associated with abuses of their personal data rather than strictly enforce the law. It has announced its broad aims in a new strategy document. 19/03/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8955 3. Top retailers breach email footer laws, says survey Some of the UK's biggest retailers are failing to fulfil their legal obligations in their email marketing, a study has found. CD WOW!, Topshop and Waterstone's were amongst the companies which failed the tests set by an internet marketing consultancy. 18/03/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8951 4. High Court says UK-IPO was wrong to reject software-related patent The High Court has overturned a decision of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) to reject a patent application as being nothing more than software. The UK-IPO said that today's ruling is incompatible with other decisions and will appeal. 18/03/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8954 5. JK Rowling sues to block fan site's Harry Potter book The publisher of an encyclopaedic website cataloguing the complex world of Harry Potter has been sued by the books' author JK Rowling, even though she has actually used the site in her own research. 18/03/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8953 6. Irish ISP sued over file-sharing by users Ireland's biggest internet service provider (ISP) is being sued by the four biggest record labels over illegally downloaded music. The labels are demanding that Eircom take action to prevent its network being used to share copyright-infringing material. 17/03/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8944 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Has the internet failed on the law?*** The internet has brought free, valuable information to people all over the world, so why has it not brought free access to the most basic building block of society, the law? 20/03/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-7212 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website with more than 8,000 pages of free legal news and guidance. If and when you need further advice, we hope you'll choose Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM. 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.) This email is sent on behalf of Pinsent Masons LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales (registered number: OC333653) and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The word 'partner', used in relation to the LLP, refers to a member of the LLP or an employee or consultant of the LLP or any affiliated firm who has equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of the LLP, and of those non-members who are designated as partners, is displayed at the LLP's registered office: CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9AH, United Kingdom.