Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalon has issued his opinion in Scarlet v Sabam, in which a preliminary ruling is sought on whether a national court can order an ISP to install a system for filtering and blocking electronic communications in order to protect intellectual property rights….
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The CPS has decided that it is not appropriate to prosecute BT and Phorm for alleged interception of browsing data…
Stephen Mason highlights some of the lessons lawyers should learn from Operation Ore…
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Chris James reviews the second edition of this book by Renzo Marchini…
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Simon Kosminsky reflects on the fact that the ‘new wave’ of consumerisation is not really all that new, it has just taken on a new form. But he explains that it nevertheless presents a challenge that has to be met….
The Football Dataco v Sportradar appeal, a case concerning copyright, database right and jurisdiction, has resulted in the Court of Appeal sending questions to the ECJ. Fundamental issues relating to online publishing jurisdiction are raised….
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Francis Maude launched the latest Government ICT Strategy on 30 March….
The EU Commission is engaging in a wide-ranging consultation and information-gathering exercise to help determine its future policy on online gambling…
The Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen in Interflora v Marks & Spencer has now been published. He takes the view that Marks & Spencer has infringed the Interflora trade mark by purchasing the disputed keyword….
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The judgment of Judge Denny Chin in the New York Federal Court has cast doubts on the implementation of the complex deal which was designed to allow Google to make a vast library of books available on the web…