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 ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh (London is fully booked) June 2008: Marketing on the web: top legal tips See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***Outsourcing survey – win a £100 Amazon voucher*** This is your final chance to take our brief survey on outsourcing. You could win a £100 voucher to spend at Amazon. See: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FoBzdBOVSEq_2bXepm9_2brWYQ_3d_3d ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Prosecutors investigate Deutsche Telekom over data misuse German prosecutors have begun an investigation into allegations of data misuse by telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom. Today's announcement follows the company's admission earlier in the week that phone call records had been misused. 29/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9153 2. Half of UK firms have sacked errant emailers Nearly half of UK companies have fired workers in the past year because of abuses of email. Over half of UK firms regularly audit employees' email to make sure they are complying with company rules, a survey has found. 29/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9154 3. British newspaper websites liable in France for privacy invasion Two British newspaper publishers have been fined in French courts because they violated French privacy laws. The publishers were liable because the articles were viewed in France on the internet. 29/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9155 4. Court revokes Aerotel's landmark patent One of the patents at the heart of a landmark UK ruling on patentable subject matter has been revoked. Aerotel has lost the right to its patent for telephone systems in a case against phone service provider WaveCrest. 28/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9150 5. Software was sold, not licensed, says US court A Seattle man is free to sell second-hand software on eBay, a US court has said. It found that the maker of the software, Autodesk, could not stop the resale by claiming that its software is licensed rather than sold. 28/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9151 6. Privacy watchdog opposes giant telecoms database The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has criticised proposals to build one Government-owned database to hold a log of phone calls, email and internet use in the UK. The ICO has said that the move would be unjustified. 27/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9147 OUT-LAW Radio returns next week. ***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.