News
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Intellectual property disputes
Givemefootball (G) was the host of the Professional Football Association (PFA) website. Playup (P) ran a gaming business over mobile phones. The parties entered into a contract under which G agreed with P to send targeted text messages to customers who used their site and who would obviously be interested in the sort of interactive gaming offered by P.
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Privacy.
Internet publishers are liable for privacy invasions in each country the material is accessible. The actor Oliver Martinez brought a claim against the Sunday Mirror in a Court in France over his relationship with Kylie Minogue.
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Privacy Injunctions Pilot Scheme.
A pilot scheme has been introduced for Privacy Injunctions by the Master of Rolls Lord Neuberger. Practice Direction 51(F) provides for a pilot scheme to analyse data as to injunctions prohibiting the use of private or confidential information.