Law Will Shift Guilt to ISPs, Telcos Campaigners and business associations are joining forces over EU proposal to shift focus of criminality in copyright infringement from private individuals, copying for 'personal use', to carriers, ISPs, telecos, 'incitement, aiding, abetting' will become key, employees liable to prison 22.03.07 Digit, Copyright, Internet Piracy, Internet Regulation, Media Law, Telecoms
Stationary Cars, Mobile Phones Motorists stuck in a grinding traffic jam reach for their phones, and face a fine and points on their licence - but is the ban enforceable? BBC Drivers keep talking (on their mobiles) 28.02.07 Sun, Road Traffic
Mobile Companies Move Into Gambling T-Mobile is latest phone business to move into gambling, has signed agreement with Cecure to run mobile versions of casino games, calls that firms should be classified as gaming businesses 13.02.07 Times, Gambling Law, Online Gambling
iPhone My Lawyer Apple has more to worry about than a suit from Cisco in securing the iPhone trade mark, several others using name in VoIP - internet telephony - services, Apple may claim it 'owns' the i-prefix 'in the public mind' and that others are infringing its brand 12.01.07 BBC, Apple, Information Technology
Appeal Against BlackBerry Rejected The English Court of Appeal has upheld rejection of Inpro claim against RIM and T-Mobile (UK) that the BlackBerry infringed one of its patents, the patent was revoked as being obvious over prior art and the judge's refusal to allow the patent to be amended (the amended claims also being obvious) was also upheld 20.02.07 Eversheds, Intellectual Property, Patent Law
Questions About Quiz Shows The well publicised controversy surrounding Call TV Quiz shows, where participants pay to enter, rarely connect to the studio and run up large telephone bills in the process, has led to increasing public concern and to the House of Commons and ICSTIS producing recommendations as to how such shows should be regulated 07.02.07 Law Now, Broadcasting Code, Gambling Law, Media Law
Driving on the Phone Motorists face tough new penalties for breaking the law by using a hand-held mobile phone while driving, the fixed penalty will for the first time include the award of three penalty points as well as doubling the fine to £60 23.01.07 DoT Press Release, Road Traffic
3 Wins Appeal The Competition Appeal Tribunal recently upheld mobile network operator 3's appeal against Ofcom's finding that it is dominant in the market for wholesale voice call termination on its own network 13.01.06 Eversheds, Competition Law, Telcoms
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Cisco to Sue Apple Over iPhone Cisco is claiming trademark infringement over the name of the new Apple mobile, 'iPhone', says it registered name in 2000, Apple says suit is 'silly', other firms already using term in VoIP services 11.01.07 BBC, Apple
Channel 4 Pays for Fake Evictions Channel 4 has been told by premium phone line regulator ICSTIS to pay back fees for Big Brother calls, viewers misled to think they were evicting contestants who were immediately re-admitted 06.10.06 Reuters, Media Law
ECJ Rules Mobile Licences Not Taxable UK mobile operators will not be able to claim back VAT on the huge sums they paid for spectrum space in 2000 auction, ECJ has rules transactions not taxable as govt was not 'acting in a private capacity' 08.09.06 Times, UK Tax, VAT
Drivers on Mobiles Police report big rise in motorists stopped for using mobiles while driving, cases up from 80k to 140k in a year 04.04.06 Times, Road Traffic
Easy Mobile Carphone Warehouse has been ordered to hand domain name easiermobile.com to rival entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) rules registration in bad faith 14.07.05 Telegraph, E-Commerce Links
Freshfields Advises on Essar Sale Freshfieds advised Hutchison Telecom on selling its stake in Hutchison Essar, India's fourth largest mobile phone operator, to Vodafone, the deal was the largest foreign investment transaction in India and one of the largest ever Indian M&A transactions 03.03.07 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Capital Markets, Telecoms
Mobi63 Privatisation A consortium including international law firm Bird & Bird has been chosen by the Republic of Serbia to advise on the privatisation of Mobi63, a mobile telecommunications company - a company valued over £800 million. The sale process of Mobi63 is being led by Paris based Rothschild 13.05.06 Bird & Bird, Telecoms
Mobi63 Privatisation A consortium including international law firm Bird & Bird has been chosen by the Republic of Serbia to advise on the privatisation of Mobi63, a mobile telecommunications company - a company valued over £800 million. The sale process of Mobi63 is being led by Paris based Rothschild 13.05.06 Bird and Bird, Telecoms
