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4 4 September 2004


Features:

  • Data Mining - In Nominet UK v Diverse Internet, Nominet wins its claim for copyright infringement of its Registry and WHOIS Database in the Federal Court of Australia.

  • Copyright - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer v Grokster. US Court of Appeals upholds a ruling that the distributors of P2P software used for illegal file-sharing are not liable for contributory or vicarious copyright infringement.

  • Jurisdiction - University of Newlands & Anor v Nationwide News Pty Ltd. Place of publication approach for internet defamation brings New Zealand into line with Australia.

  • Copyright - (1) Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. also trading as Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (2) Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd (3) Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd v Gaynor David Ball and others. Sony mod-chip case confirms robust protection against circumvention in the UK.

  • Web Filters - Center for Democracy & Technology, American Civil Liberties Union and Plantagenet v Gerald J Pappert, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Case No. 03-5051 Pennsylvania Internet Child Pornography Act declared invalid as unconstitutional.

  • Trade Marks - Heidelberger Bauchemie GmbH v OHIM (Case C-49/02). Colours claimed in the abstract may constitute a trade mark if they represent a sign and the application concerned shows the colours in a predetermined and uniform way.

  • Privacy - Regina v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police ex parte S and Regina v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police ex parte Marper [2004] UKHL 39. Police policy of retaining DNA samples and fingerprint evidence of individuals not convicted of any criminal upheld by House of Lords.

  • Advertising - Google and Yahoo in class action suit brought by the California Attorney General for taking online gambling advertisements.

  • Telecoms - OFCOM sends Statement of Objections to BT over residential broadband pricing with preliminary finding that BT has abused its dominant position.

  • Trade Marks - Nichols Plc v Registrar of Trademarks, Reference to ECJ, Case C-404/02. Registrability of trade marks which consist of surnames must be examined on the same basis as all marks, and not have a stricter criteria imposed.

  • Sport - Wattleworth v GRRC, MSA and FIA, [2004] EWHC 140. Court follows Watson and BBBC in determining duty of care of sports governing body.

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