Adwords: Portakabin Judgment Published
The Court of Justice has given its ruling in the latest AdWords dispute, a reference from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) in Portakabin v Primakabin….
Intellectual Property
Digital Economy Act 2010: Parliament is Supreme(ish)
If there’s to be a battle between Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarians and TalkTalk then, even with BT as a TalkTalk ally, I would tend to back Oliver’s Army….
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BT and TalkTalk in Legal Challenge to Digital Economy Act
On 8 July BT and TalkTalk revealed they have filed papers with the High Court asking for a judicial review with regards to the Digital Economy Act….
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DEA 2010: Wi-fi Liability
Mark Weston explores the legal problems associated with wi-fi Internet access and considers the effect of the Digital Economy Act 2010…
All Quiet on the Courtroom Front
David Chaplin reports on the War Stories: Best Practice in IT Dispute Resolution Seminar held on 24 June…
Google Wins in Viacom/YouTube Dispute
The judge in the long-running dispute between Viacom and You Tube (now a Google company) has granted Google’s application for summary judgment…
New gTLDs: Shaking up the Internet
The pool for domain names may well increase dramatically by late 2011 with the introduction of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) and a variety of different generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). These developments will undoubtedly drive changes in businesses’ online reputation strategy and management. Nick Wenban-Smith explains the proposed new landscape and outlines how businesses can prepare for this imminent arrival of new domains….
Just in Case
What do you wish was the subject of a major judgment, stripping IT law of some of its uncertainties?…
Computer Fraud in Ireland
Pearse Ryan and Andrew Harbison discuss the law on computer fraud in Ireland and the law of dishonesty associated with it. The article casts considerable light on the practical realities of computer crime….
SCL Conference: Supporting the Foundations
SCL’s Annual Conference on 15 and 16 October will be focusing on software. It will consider many of the issues of central concern to IT lawyers. Laurence Eastham reviews the Conference programme….