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 ***The Sourcing Summit*** London, 18th & 19th November 2009: This event attracts both users and suppliers of outsourcing services from a wide range of sectors. It provides a platform for senior business figures to debate key issues and discuss the effects of the economic climate on outsourcing both in the immediate and the long-term. See: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/outlaw ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh October 2009: Behavioural advertising and the law November 2009: The future of payments See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. China's new strategy puts intellectual property first OPINION: Businesses hoping to make a mark in China are about to face a very new version of a very old problem. If they don't adapt soon they could face the unusual prospect of being taught a lesson in IP protection from Chinese companies. 22/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10472 2. Telecoms package problem must be solved in eight weeks or be ditched The European Parliament has until the end of the year to agree a new telecoms reform deal with the EU's Council of Ministers. It will announce tomorrow the start date for negotiations which can take no longer than eight weeks. 21/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10466 3. Police can keep convictions database, says Court of Appeal Police forces can keep a record of spent convictions on a single central database without breaking data protection laws, the Court of Appeals has said. Police would have had to delete a million records from their system if they had lost. 20/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10461 4. Newspaper archives can lose libel protection as stories change, rules High Court A newspaper which continued to publish a defamatory article on its website after its subject was cleared in an investigation lost its right to claim a special journalistic defence against libel, the High Court has said. 19/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10458 5. MPs call for stricter regulation of behavioural advertising MPs and Lords have called for a change in the law to make it illegal to engage in behavioural advertising without an internet user's explicit consent. The Parliamentary group has also backed the creation of a privacy law. 19/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10456 6. Government outlines increased penalties for data misuse The Government has outlined its plans to jail people convicted of trading illegally in personal data or knowingly or recklessly disclosing it. Under the plans the jail terms would be introduced next April. 19/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10455 ***OUT-LAW Radio returns next week*** 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.