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ECJ says online retailers can almost never charge for use made of returned goods
Online retailers can only charge a consumer for the use they made of a product
which they then returned if it was used in bad faith or for 'unjust enrichment', the European
Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.
10/09/2009
Former employee who emailed company info to himself breached database rights, High Court rules
The founder of a conferencing business breached his former employer's database
rights and misappropriated its confidential information, the High Court has said.
08/09/2009
ECJ says gambling monopolies do not clash with free trade laws
Europe's top court has denied an online gambling company the right to offer its
sports betting services in Portugal. The company had argued that Portuguese restrictions
violated EU free trade laws.
08/09/2009
Over half of Europe's electronics retail sites break the law, says Commission
An investigation of hundreds of European websites selling electronics has found
that 55% of them appear to break consumer protection laws. Those sites are under further
investigation, the European Commission has said.
09/09/2009
EU firms 'hesitant' to go to China over IP worries, says EU trade chief
European companies are hesitant to do business in China because of fears that
their intellectual property will not be protected, according to the European Union's Trade
Commissioner Catherine Ashton.
09/09/2009
Web hosts face payout as jury says they should have known about customers' infringement
Two web hosting companies have been ordered to pay $32 million in damages after
failing to convince a US jury that they were immune from responsibility for their users'
actions.
07/09/2009
OUT-LAW Radio: Should patent infringers be jailed?
10/09/2009: Inventor of the wind-up radio Trevor Baylis has called for patent infringement to be criminalised. He tells OUT-LAW Radio why.
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