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. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-10365 2. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-10358 3. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-10360 4. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-10363 5. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-10362 6. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-10355 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Should patent infringers be jailed?*** Inventor of the wind-up radio Trevor Baylis has called for patent infringement to be criminalised. He tells OUT-LAW Radio why. 10/09/2009 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.