A number of tobacco firms (including Philip Morris, British American Tobacco (BAT) and Imperial Tobacco) formed a coalition to oppose the new EU packaging rules, and the UK’s High Court has referred the case to the EU’s Court of ...
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There have been ongoing debates as to the quantum of container detention fees charged by shipping lines. This has been a controversial issue, as many are of the view that the heavy fees imposed do not constitute a genuine pre-estimate of ...
Tags: Container Detention Fees, Penalty, Service
Africa's big telecom operators have won a court battle over reducing mobile termination rates, a South African ruling that may have a ripple effect in the region. MTN and Vodacom last month sued the Independent Communications Authority of ...
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Spot imports of primary aluminum ingot into Japan were thin this week as buyers were waiting to see the impact from the postponment of LME's new warehouse process rules, Japanese market sources said Wednesday. Trade was thin also due to ...
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The US ethanol industry will ask the Supreme Court to hear its challenge to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, two trade groups said Thursday. The Renewable Fuel Association and Growth Energy petitioned the high court to overturn the ...
Tags: Ethanol Industry, Ethanol, oil industry
PMS International celebrates ruling in Court of Appeal allowing distribution of Kiddee Cases. Magmatic, the firm behind the Trunki ride-on children's suitcase, has lost its fight to block an imported rival range from being distributed in ...
Tags: Trunki, Loses Court Battle, Kiddee
French dairy major Danone has commenced legal proceedings against New Zealand-based dairy co-operative Fonterra over losses from the recent whey protein concentrate (WPC80) contamination scare. The company has initiated proceedings in the ...
Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted permission to the state government to ban the sale of junk food-items packed in non-biodegradable and plastic material. The new law is expected to come into effect from 26 January 2014. Under ...
Tags: Plastic Package, Food Products
The UK High Court has held BT liable for infringing patents of ASSIA, a solutions provider to broadband service vendors. The High Court of Justice in London ruled that BT infringes one of ASSIA's patents on DSL management in its Next ...
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Universal Display Corp. announced that the Japanese IP High Court delivered a decision reversing the Japanese Patent Office’s (JPO) prior invalidation of the broad claims in the Company’s Japanese Patent No. JP-4511024 (the JP ...
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Two of Britain's major music and film organisations have asked UK internet providers to create databases of customers illegally downloading music, film and books, and are asking for access to the information to help them to disconnect and ...
Tags: Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, Download Data
UK-based Country Style Foods has completed the acquisition of Poole's Pies, one of the oldest pie and pastry brands in the country, for an undisclosed amount. Last week, Poole's Pies filed a notice at the High Court in Manchester with an ...
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File-sharing website The Pirate Bay has launched a browser that it claims will circumvent blocks from internet service providers (ISPs) on its site and other similar webpages. The browser, dubbed PirateBrowser, was launched as a 'gift' ...
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Microsoft will be forced to rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service after failing to defend its trademark against UK broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting. BSkyB, as the service is more commonly called, filed suit against Microsoft in ...
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A talk promising to reveal security shortcomings of modern cars’ electronic network systems will be presented at the DefCon 21 hacking conference in Las Vegas next month. To be presented by Twitter security engineer Charlie Miller ...
Tags: Car Security