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Fri 09 Sep 2009Case win for Decaux unlikely
AN EXPERT on information technology law has said that the advertising agency JC Decaux would be unlikely to win a case against a web design firm over a free iPhone application it developed for the Dublinbikes scheme.
The real-time application, which allows users of the scheme to find their nearest Dublinbikes station and see how many bicycles and spaces are available, was swiftly withdrawn from the iTunes AppStore by Fusio after JC Decaux, the company behind the rent-a-bike initiative, threatened legal action.
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