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 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. ICANN may help owners recover domain names after expiry ICANN is reviewing whether or not people have enough opportunity to reclaim domain names that they have allowed to expire. A committee of the domain name administration body has said that current rules do not work. 27/08/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10328 2. Beijing ruling shows why foreign companies need a patent strategy for China OPINION: When France's Schneider Electric faced a patent battle in a Chinese court it had reason to feel confident. It thought it had a solid prior art case for invalidating the patent, and foreign companies win 95% of patent cases in the Chinese courts. 26/08/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10323 3. New directors' addresses to be automatically hidden from October All new company directors' home addresses will be hidden from 1st October this year. Directors will also be able to stop Companies House from revealing addresses even to credit agencies and public bodies. 26/08/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10325 4. Lego stops Spinal Tap using Lego characters in DVD Lego has succeeded in stopping spoof rock band Spinal Tap from using images of its figures in a music video. A trade mark law expert said that in some cases trade mark law could be used to prevent film-makers using trade marked goods. 25/08/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10321 5. Keyword choice is subject to advertising rules, say FSA and OFT Advertisers' choice of keywords to trigger search ads for financial products and services is regulated in the same way as the content of the ads, UK regulators have warned. They also cautioned firms against sponsoring rivals' names as keywords. 25/08/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10319 6. UK plan to disconnect file-sharers might be made redundant by ECJ, says expert The Government's plan to cut off suspected file sharers from the internet might be rendered irrelevant by a ruling from Europe's top court, an intellectual property expert has said. 25/08/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10318 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Teenage clicks*** Feargal Sharkey, former Undertone turned industry bigwig, discusses a recent report on the real downloading habits of the UK's youth and just how many concessions the industry should make to downloaders. 27/08/2009 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.