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This week's news on Out-Law.com
TMT & Sourcing & IP
Image processing software not excluded from patentability, IPO rules
Image processing software not excluded from patentability, IPO rules
A computerised method of processing images and categorising features within it
into database-searchable words is not excluded from patentability, a hearing
officer at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has ruled.
05/01/2012
Views sought on UK's copyright licensing system
Creative industry representatives have been asked to give their views on whether
the UK's current copyright licensing system is fit for the digital age.
05/01/2012
Software giant suing UK retailer over alleged fake sales
Comet sold fake CDs containing illegally copied software to UK consumers,
Microsoft has claimed.
05/01/2012
Unregulated betting could increase if Government changes remote licensing regime, study says
Online gamblers could turn to unregulated markets if Government plans to tax
betting operators on the basis of where bets are placed are introduced, a report
commissioned by a leading betting operator has said.
05/01/2012
Privacy watchdogs deem advertising code non-compliant with EU cookies laws
Compliance with an industry code on online behavioural advertising (OBA), will
not necessarily bring web operators into line with EU privacy laws, privacy
watchdogs have warned.
04/01/2012
ICO's enforcement of information rights to focus on health sector
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is to give "particular regulatory
attention" to health organisations as it focuses on areas most likely to result
in damage to people's information rights, the watchdog has said.
04/01/2012
Property
Government lodges feed-in tariff ruling appeal
The Government has lodged an appeal against last month's High Court ruling that
its proposals to reduce solar panel energy generation subsidies was "legally
flawed", it has confirmed.
05/01/2012
Projects and construction
India lifts restrictions to allow international investment
India is to lift restrictions preventing international investors from directly
funding companies and projects in the country.
05/01/2012
Pensions
Extending Solvency II to pension schemes could cost UK businesses an extra £600bn, report says
Plans to extend new solvency requirements for insurance schemes to pension funds
could cost UK businesses an extra £600 billion, according to a new report.
05/01/2012
Cost savings only part of public sector pension reform picture, expert says
Whole scale reform of public sector pensions in the UK must take into account
more factors than mere cost savings, a pensions law expert has said.
05/01/2012
Energy
BP pursues claim for costs of Deepwater Horizon accident against contractor
Halliburton
BP did not indemnify the company which provided cementing services for the
Deepwater Horizon oil rig against the costs of a 2010 explosion which resulted
in the largest oil spill in US history, it has said.
04/01/2012
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