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1 1 May 2001


Features:

  • Domain Names - Easyjet Airline Co Ltd wins Summary judgement and transfer of domain name Easyrealestate.co.uk - High Court, Chancery Division. Was transfer of domain name unduly generous?

  • Website copying - Marks & Spencer plc v Cottrell: Twelve months for contempt and transfer of domain names was result in this case of using a doppelganger website to obtain credit card details. But warning of potential third party liability causes concern. High Court Chancery Division.

  • Domain Names WIPO - Bruce Springsteen v Jeff Burgar and Bruce Springsteen Club. Julian Barnes v Old Barn Studios Ltd. Two famous name cases with two different results. Which one gives an indication of what most WIPO panellists will decide in the future?

  • Domain Names WIPO - Bruce Springsteen v Jeff Burgar and Bruce Springsteen Club. Julian Barnes v Old Barn Studios Ltd. Two famous name cases with two different results. Which one gives an indication of what most WIPO panellists will decide in the future?

  • Data Protection - Class action over data profiling by DoubleClick rejected by US Court.Further cases pending. Would European Courts reach similar judgement?

  • Disclosure of Identity - Totalise plc v Motley Fool: Totalise’s success in obtaining an order to disclose the identity of an anonymous poster on Motley Fool website sends powerful message to website owners. High Court Queens Bench Division.

  • Aggregating - E-Bay v Bidders Edge: E-Bay’s argument that Bidders Edge had trespassed on its website through sending spiders to collect information was of sufficient merit to obtain injunction and subsequent settlement.

  • Deep Linking - Ticketmaster v Tickets.com: "hyper-linking does not itself involve a violation of the Copyright Act" stated the US judge. But is that the end of the story?

  • Deep Linking - Ticketmaster v Tickets.com: "hyper-linking does not itself involve a violation of the Copyright Act" stated the US judge. But is that the end of the story?

  • Business Patent - Amazon v Barnesandnoble: preliminary injunction granted to Amazon discharged.

  • Online Dispute Resolution - Online mediation: experience from the US and the UK in using online tools to resolve disputes: DISPUTE SETTLED BY E-MEDIATOR.CO.UK

  • Online Dispute Resolution - Online mediation: experience from the US and the UK in using online tools to resolve disputes: Using the Internet in Multi-Session Face-to-Face Mediations

  • Database Rights - British Horseracing Board Ltd et al v William Hill Organisation Ltd: The use of database rights proved decisive in this ground breaking case.

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