Hi, Here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News (one day earlier than usual). 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*** April: Cloud Computing – legal issues for business users May: How to manage supply chain distress London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow Edinburgh See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***Infosecurtiy Europe 2009*** Infosecurity Europe is the No. 1 industry event in Europe held on 28th – 30th April in its new venue Earl’s Court, London. See: http://www.infosec.co.uk/outlawnews ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. MySpace rant was not private, rules US Court of Appeal A student who wrote an unflattering diatribe about her hometown on MySpace has lost a claim that its republication by a local paper invaded her privacy. She might yet prove that its wider dissemination was an intentional infliction of emotional distress. 08/05/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9934 2. Retailer cites own keyword advertising as evidence of domain name owner's abuse Clothes shop Oasis has lost its bid to gain control of the domain name oasis.co.uk because any behaviour abusive of its trade marks on the site was the result of its own actions, a dispute resolution panel has ruled. 08/05/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9936 3. Google's sale of trade mark as keyword may be 'use in commerce', says US Court of Appeals A US court was wrong when it ruled that Google's selling of a trade marked term to a competing company to be used as a trigger for advertising was not 'use in commerce'. The appeals court has said that the use could infringe the trade mark. 07/05/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9931 4. News agency declares war on sites that 'walk off' with its work News agency the Associated Press (AP) has said it will start taking action against internet publishers who use its material without paying for it or without sharing earnings. The company is adopting new, aggressive policies, it said. 07/05/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9933 5. Internet data to be stored from today Internet service providers will have to store details of web and email traffic and details of internet phone calls for 12 months from today as expanded European legislation comes into effect. 06/05/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9929 6. Unfair terms law can protect consumers for existing and future contracts, says Court of Appeal Consumer protection body the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is allowed to use laws on unfair contracts to take action on existing as well as future contracts, the Court of Appeal has ruled. 06/05/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9928 ***OUT-LAW Radio returns after Easter*** 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.