Top 10 IT & Telecoms Headlines from All Regions A joke has been doing the rounds recently of a facebook entry where an individual has updated her status on facebook to refer to the fact that she hates her job and that her boss is always making her do “sh*t” work and that he is a “pervy wan**r.” In a much awaited decision, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has considered a number of legal references from France with regard to the legality of Google's use of key words which are the same or similar to well known trade marks in its AdWords advertisement service. On April 3, 2009, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Google in a much-anticipated keyword case, Rescuecom v. Google. On April 23, 2009, the Ontario Legislature passed into law the Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, (the "Cell Phone Act"), which amends the Highway Traffic Act to prohibit the use of certain display and handheld communication and entertainment devices while operating a motor vehicle, particularly those that are capable of receiving or transmitting telephone communications, electronic data, mail or text messages. Employers are learning the hard way that gaining access to private employee information during workplace investigations can lead to lawsuits, liability and headaches. Based on several market analisesperformed since the beginning of the millennium in Mexico, it hasbeen possible to identify a clear and constant growth in the use ofdomain names by the small and medium size companies of the country. A recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit serves as a strong reminder to those structuring and evaluating mergers, acquisitions, and even internal corporate reorganizations to carefully consider the impact of federal intellectual property laws on the transferability of licensed software and other licensed intellectual property. Over 50% of the 100 most popular web sites use a type of surreptitious cookie without their knowledge. New measures for foreign currency loans and foreign currency indexed loans. On September 28, 2009, the PRC General Administration of Press and Publication (“GAPP”), National Copyright Administration, and National Office of Combating Pornography and Illegal Publications jointly published the Notice Regarding the Consistent Implementation of the “Stipulations on ‘Three Provisions’” of the State Council and the Relevant Interpretations of the State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform and the Further Strengthening of the Administration of Pre-examination and Approval |