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TMT & Sourcing & IP
New Data Protection Board to co-ordinate EU-wide enforcement, says Commissioner
New Data Protection Board to co-ordinate EU-wide enforcement, says Commissioner
A new oversight body will be set up under the new EU data protection regime to
help regulators investigate and enforce compliance with the laws, the EU's
Justice Commissioner has said.
08/12/2011
Facilitating website piracy can lead ad networks to be liable for infringement, US court says
Advertising networks can be found liable for contributing to copyright
infringement on websites if they facilitate that infringement, a US court has
suggested. It ruled that the ad network in question was not liable, but
suggested that others could be in other situations.
07/12/2011
Apple and publishers subject of competition investigation into sale of e-books
The European Commission is investigating whether Apple helped five international
publishers agree anti-competitive measues affecting the sale of electronic books
(e-books) within the European Economic Area (EEA).
07/12/2011
ICO was advised of journalists' blagging offences
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was advised that information
uncovered during Operation Motorman contained evidence that journalists had data
protection offences but was advised not to pursue prosecutions, the Leveson
inquiry has been told.
07/12/2011
Patent Tax break to apply from April 2013
A 10% corporation tax rate will apply to profits from companies' worldwide
trading activities which are attributable to qualifying patents, the Treasury
confirmed in draft Finance Bill 2012 legislation published today, establishing
the 'Patent Box' tax.
06/12/2011
MEPs will negotiate on unitary patent plans
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will negotiate with EU national
governments on the establishment of a system for obtaining unitary patent
protection, the Parliament has said.
05/12/2011
Manufacturing
Government will propose patent law changes to avoid infringements during pharma testing
The Government is likely to change patent laws because some pharmaceutical
companies are at risk of breaking patent law when carrying out clinical testing,
the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has said.
05/12/2011
Tax
Reform of the Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) regime moves a step nearer
New controlled foreign company (CFC) tax rules contained in draft legislation
published today will give a more specific definition of which profits are within
the scope of the CFC charging regime.
07/12/2011
Universities
Charities and universities to benefit from VAT exemption for shared services
The Government will implement EU proposals that will allow charities and
universities to share services without charging each other VAT, according to
proposals published in today's draft Finance Bill 2012.
06/12/2011
Insurance
Insurance firms agree on limits to exchange of pricing intentions
Six insurance companies and two IT software and service providers have agreed to
change the way price information for motor insurance is shared following
concerns that previous practices were violating competition laws.
06/12/2011
Pensions
Government acted lawfully in changing measure of inflation for public sector
pensions, court says
The Government acted lawfully when it changed the measure of inflation for
public sector pensions from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure to the lower
Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure, the High Court has said.
02/12/2011
Property
Plans to remove barriers to entry into REITs scheme proposed in Finance Bill
Companies will no longer have to pay an entry charge when electing to join the
real estate investment trusts (REITs) scheme, if draft legislation published
today is implemented.
06/12/2011
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