US judge closes \'TupperWars\' site, and other brief reports ...
[red]*[/red] A US Judge has issued a temporary order requiring Canadian Alliance of Franchise Operators to close a section of its Web site describing disputes between Tupperware and five former area distributors. The section, which Tupperware Canada had called defamatory, was labelled TupperWars, a term, it said, devalues its trademark, according to The Globe and Mail report. Full report in The Globe and Mail
[red]*[/red] The Internet service provider sector has been shaken up with the announcement that MWeb is changing its service from UUNet to Internet Solutions, reports Business Day. Internet Solutions CE Angus MacRobert said that the company had effectively doubled its consumer dial-up service with the new contract and that it now held 70% of the market. Full report in Business Report [red]*[/red] A Chinese university student has been sentenced to a year in jail for operating a p ornographic Internet service, reports The Age. In addition, all of his income was confiscated and he was fined 20 000 yuan. The sentencing comes under a new government plan to crackdown on Internet p orn. Full report in The Age [red]*[/red] Last week, Microsoft lawyers requested Judge Bo Vesterdorf, of the European Court of First Instance, to delay the European Commissions antitrust sanctions, until its appeals are completed. According to the New York Times Judge Vesterdorf appeared sceptical of the open-ended nature and practical effect of the sanctions in his questioning of Microsoft lawyers, its competitors and the European Commission. Judge Vesterdorf is expected to rule on that request in two months. Full report in the New York Times