Intellectual Property Archives - Page 128 of 220

Fireworks or Fizzle?

November 5, 2009

Remember, remember – it’s going to take a while for the Telecoms Reform Package to be law. It might make less of a bang than we expect….

Coming Shortly: Non-Latin Addresses

October 30, 2009

The first Internet addresses containing non-Latin characters from start to finish will soon be online….

UK Software Suppliers and SaaS

October 29, 2009

Law firms are increasingly embracing the Internet as a way of accessing a variety of popular legal applications says Dominic Cullis of the LSSA. But what are the benefits – and drawbacks – of this kind of technology?…

Will you be a Winner or a Loser?

October 28, 2009

Mike Henley asks if your firm and its people can deliver revolutionary change….

Cheryl Cole, Peter Mandelson and Kindle

October 28, 2009

The naked truth is that enforcement and adaptation have to go hand-in-hand….

Online Music Retailing: Towards Borderless Business?

October 28, 2009

Winston Maxwell, Suzanne Rab and Daphne Monnoyeur report and comment on a meeting of the Online Roundtable on Music where participants agreed on a common roadmap…

ECJ Supports Prohibition on Cross-border Gambling

October 26, 2009

Craig Pouncey and Lode Van Den Hende summarise the recent case of Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (CA/LPFP) and Bwin International Limited v Departamento de Jogos da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (Case 42/07), where the European Court of Justice upheld Portugal’s legislative restrictions on online gaming based in other EU jurisdictions, apparently endorsing a lottery monopoly there. The judgment is likely to have substantial implications for online gaming across the EU….

Disclosure Duties and Penalties

October 26, 2009

In Earles v Barclays Bank plc [2009] EWHC 1 (Mercantile) HHJ Simon Brown QC, a judge with a well deserved reputation for knowing about e-disclosure, has made a number of comments on the failures of the Bank in respect of disclosure and includes considerable criticism of the legal team representing them. The relatively complex claim…

PNC: Police Can Keep All Data

October 22, 2009

The Court of Appeal has overruled the Information Tribunal and held that the Police National Computer (PNC) can hold all the data that the police deem necessary….