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321 Back In Court 321 studios are back in court in the UK and are now being sued by the MPAA's international markets counterpart The Motion Picture Association, and Warner home video UK, again over its controversial DVD back-up sofware 18.12.03 Masons, Piracy Links
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Logo Copyright In a colourful judgment laced with curious details about the improbable Dr Martens brand, the High Ct has developed the legal concept of "equitable ownership" of copyright 15.12.03 Simkins, Copyright Law
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Retirement Tax On 4 December 2003 the House of Lords upheld an appeal by Mr Venables in his long-running battle with the Inland Revenue. The key issue in the case was whether his change from status as an employee and executive director to mere non-executive director status amounted to 'retirement' under hisoccupational pension scheme 15.12.03 Law-Now, Employment Law Links, Pension Links, UK Tax Links
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Club vs. Country The outcome of the case of young Argentinian Carlos Tevez means that football players are not obliged to play for their country, which is against FIFA rules 08.12.03 Simkins
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Divesting Assests The High Court has held, in an application for summary
judgment, that an agreement that a company's property shall be transferred out of its ownership on its insolvency is void 04.12.03 Law-Now
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Premier LeagueThe announcement that the Premier League and the EC Commission have settled their differences over the recent broadcasting deal with Sky marks a low and, quite possibly, final point in the EC Commission's interventions into essentially national sporting matters 19.12.03 Simkins, EU Competition Links
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Data Protection Ruling The Court of Appeal has decided that someone being mentioned in a document of which they are not the data subject does not give them the right to receive a copy under the data protection act 11.12.03 Masons, Data Protection Links
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Data Protection Channel Islands. The Bailiwick of Guernsey has now been added to the EU Commission's 'safe list' for countries which provide adequate data protection 10.12.03 Eversheds, Data Protection Links
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AIM Listings The LSE has decided that shareholder approval must be granted before a company can cancel its AIM listing 04.12.03 Law-Now, Capital Markets
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Employment

Employment Relations During the State Opening of Parliament on 26th November the Queen confirmed that legislation will be introduced to implement the conclusions of the government’s review of the Employment Relations Act 1999 04.12.03 Law-Now, Employment Law Links, Queen's Speech Links

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Privacy Regulations 2003 are now set to come into force on 11 December 2003. The fundamental tenets of the regulations remain unchanged following the government's consultation earlier this year, but the now imminent new law is significant for marketers in a number of respects 02.12.03 Simkins, Data Protection Links, Privacy Links
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Online Recruitment A recent ruling against an online employment agent by the DTI shows that the regulators in the UK are prepared to act. Agency took money but did too little to find jobs for applicants 05.01.04 Eversheds, Employment Law Links, E-Commerce Links
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Spam Can the E-Privacy Regulations and legislation such as the CAN SPAM Act assist in the war against spam and its unidentified senders? 17.12.03 Eversheds, Spam Links, E-Commerce Links
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Web Accessibility It seems most web site still do not cater for disabled users, this article highlights some of the problems 15.12.03 Eversheds, Disability Law Links, Equality Links
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Pop-Up Litigation The FTC is suing a tiny company called D Squared Solutions, for a scam which involves pop-ups through the Windows Messenger service 17.12.03 Masons
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Unidentified Spam In the US just yesterday, President Bush signed the "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act 2003" (the "CAN SPAM" Act), which will come into effect on 1 January 2004 15.12.03 Simkins
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Doc-Marten Logo Copyright A judge in the high court has decided that a freelance designer owns the copyright to the Doc-Martens air-ware logo 15.12.03 Simkins
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Right to Inspect One of the most fundamental changes introduced by the Land Registration Act 2002 is the right for all property owners to inspect the Land Registry 17.12.03 Keeble Hawson
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