Looking after the Basics
We all need to remind ourselves from time to time about key skills that we take for granted…
Intellectual Property
L’Oréal v eBay: ECJ Judgment
The Court of Justice of the European Union has given judgment in the long-standing dispute between L’Oréal (and various subsidiaries) and eBay (and some of the sellers on eBay), concerning the sale, without L’Oréal’s consent, of L’Oréal products on the online marketplace operated by eBay. It is bad news for eBay but it may have much wider implications….
Re-examining Limitation of Liability Provisions
Kit Burden and John McKinlay review current market practice on limitation of liability and raise some fundamental questions about widely accepted arguments and the ‘standard’ drafting that too often goes unquestioned….
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Qatari Data Privacy
Dino Wilkinson analyses the new draft privacy law published in Qatar…
Not Too Rude to be Ruled
Playboy’s claim that videos on its web site were too explicit for ATVOD regulation has failed. This is an edited version of an article which first appeared on OUTLAW.COM, the news service from Pinsent Masons….
BAILII Survival Appeal
BAILII needs funds. Its value to each to us is real but we have begun to take it for granted. Without substantial new funding, BAILII could fold in just a few years. We asked a small group of BAILII users what they liked about it….
SCL 6th Annual Policy Forum 2011: The New Shape of European Internet Regulation
Now firmly established as a leading event on the calendar for both IT law academics and IT law practitioners, the SCL Forum 2011 will grapple with Internet law reform. While a combination of blue-sky thinking and grounded, practical views sounds like a recipe for disaster, experience shows that it leads to a very special event….
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Outsourcing for Law Firms – What’s Different?
James Besley reports on the SCL meeting on 15 June about outsourcing for law firms, which was sponsored by the SCL London Group and hosted by CMS Cameron McKenna….
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Privacy – An Evolving Challenge
Andrew Priest gives his thoughts on a talk by Stephen Deadman of the Vodafone Group at a meeting of the Thames Valley Group on 8 June….
Retrospective…..
Richard Harrison takes a sentimental journey…….