Isp Liability

Exciting breaking news from the IPKat that eBay have won their court case in the UK High Court , asserting that they are not liable for the trademark infringements of sellers on their site selling counterfeit goods. There are now three decisions in favour of eBay…

France continues to be an entertaining source of Internet law. The Guardian reports (13 May 2009) that

“The world’s largest online auctioneer, eBay, was today claiming a “victory for consumers” after a court…

Rather more sensibly, via my dear colleague Judith Rauhofer.. interesting case reports of two summer French decisions on Web 2.0 liability, summarised by Bird and Bird in their EU IT law bulletin. I…

Via Naked Law, belated but important:

“A new anti-terror law has come into effect as of 21 June 2007 : the Electronic Commerce Directive (Terrorism Act 2006) Regulations 2007. Under these new provisions (which operate in conjunction with the Terrorism Act 2006), encouraging acts…

Another late catch up from my hols, mainly for own benefit. Mumsnet, the non-profit site run part-time by single mothers to advise on parenting, has capitulated to Fearsome Lawyers without going to court. Pangloss is rather sad.

From OUT-LAW:

“Mumsnet was sued by Gina Ford, who is famous for…

Interesting decision from the States yesterday on immunity of hosts (“service providers”) under CDA s 230 ©.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just determined that Roommates.com — a networking site for people looking for, housesharers, did not deserve immunity under Section 230 of the US…