Laches is not normally the first thing that springs to mind when Pamela Anderson is mentioned. For the true IT law nerd, that may be about to change. David Taylor and Jane Seager look at a recent domain name dispute…
Are we doomed to lose all our privacy rights if we use the Internet at all? What use are MPs if they ignore the basics? How serious are we about giving people options? Do we all need more cookies? How many questions can fit in a strap line?…
On 4 November, the European Commission published its strategy to strengthen EU data protection rules…
The Information Commissioner has announced the outcome of the Google Street View investigation…
The UK granted a new General Export License for encryption products on 14 October 2010. David Lorello, Julia Court Ryan and Sheena Sheikh explain….
Roger Bickerstaff provides some insights into forthcoming developments in Computers & Law and the SCL more generally…
Gillian Cordall looks at the basics of contract formation and points up their relevance to the real world IT or e-commerce transaction….
Parallel Imports and Trade Marks: Oracle v M-Tech In Oracle v M-Tech [2010] EWCA Civ 997, the Court of Appeal held that, in a trade mark infringement case involving importation of Sun branded computer hardware from outside the EEA, M-Tech was entitled to argue that Articles 28 to 30 and 81 of the EC Treaty…
I am a bit late on the domain name battle concerning ihateryanair.co.uk, but it does raise a couple of points of real interest. In particular, the divergence between the relevant Nominet policy and that of the UDRP is a cause for concern….
Session 1 of the Conference…