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 ***IBC Legal presents 16th Annual Protecting the Media 2010*** Your essential review of key media law developments and practical challenges in the UK. 28th September 2010, London. 10% discount to attend. http://www.informaglobalevents.com/protectmediaoleb ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. High Court considers hyperlinked pages as context in defamation case The High Court has examined material on pages linked to from an allegedly defamatory online article to help it decide the meaning of the piece. 04/08/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-11279 2. Google to allow trade marks as keywords across Europe Google will let companies use competitors' trade marks as keywords to trigger search adverts in all European countries for the first time. The move will test the interpretation of a number of EU and national court rulings on the controversial practice. 04/08/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-11278 3. US businesses face web accessibility legal duty backed by fines The websites of countless US businesses will have to be accessible to disabled people under a proposed change to federal laws. To be lawful, the US Department of Justice wants sites to meet a technical standard known as 'Level AA'. 03/08/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-11276 4. Battle of the forms ends without terms and conditions victor The failure of two companies to agree whose terms and conditions governed the sale of a consignment of goods means that neither company's terms can be enforced, the High Court has said. 02/07/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-11274 5. Budvar win ends Budweiser EU trade mark hopes in 100-year legal battle Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar has won a 14-year legal battle to defend its trade mark for the name 'Budweiser' for its beer in Germany and Austria. The victory was just the latest, though, in a struggle stretching back 100 years. 02/07/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-11272 6. Virgin's email to opted-out customer broke rules, says ASA Virgin Media broke advertising regulations when it sent an email promoting deals and offers to a customer who had opted out of marketing communications, the advertising regulator has said. The company had claimed the message was a service update. 30/07/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-11269 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website with more than 10,000 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 is a lawyer with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of 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. We use 'Pinsent Masons' to refer to Pinsent Masons LLP and affiliated entities that practise under the name 'Pinsent Masons' or a name that incorporates those words. Reference to 'Pinsent Masons' is to Pinsent Masons LLP and/or one or more of those affiliated entities as the context requires. For important regulatory information please visit: http://www.pinsentmasons.com.