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National courts' Community trade mark decisions have pan-EU effect, says ECJ advisor
Decisions by national courts on Community trade mark issues can take effect
across the whole European Union, an advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ)
has said. This only applies when infringement has happened in more than one
country, he said.
07/10/2010
ISP wins adjournment of file-sharing disclosure case amid privacy fears
A BT subsidiary has refused to hand over its customers' details to a record
label seeking to take action against alleged copyright infringers because of
concerns about the privacy of those subscribers.
06/10/2010
ICO urges clarity on definition of personal data
A definition at the heart of the UK's Data Protection Act (DPA) is unclear,
creating legal confusion that undermines the whole law, the Information
Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.
06/10/2010
Advertisers given checklist for protecting children's online privacy
Companies which advertise to children can quickly find out if their campaigns
break the law with the launch of a website which claims to draw together all UK
laws and regulations on advertising to children.
04/10/2010
IAB retracts 48-hour retargeting cookie advice
Online advertising trade body the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has
withdrawn a code of practice which recommended that behavioural advertising
retargeting cookies should expire after 48 hours.
01/10/2010
Why companies must understand new rules on equal pay
OPINION: The right to equal pay was hard won, as Made in Dagenham, the
just-released film about unequal pay in the Ford car factory in the 1960s,
reminds us. Forty years on, equal pay is widely misunderstood, particularly
among private- sector employers.
01/10/2010
OUT-LAW Radio:
Keeping tabs on guests
07/10/2010: We talk to the man behind a system designed to make sure that hoteliers know when a potential guest has caused upset elsewhere. Is it in line with data protection law?
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