The Look of the Irish
Can SCL members with greater expertise improve our coverage of developments in Ireland?…
Intellectual Property
Showdown! ISPs and the Music Industry in Ireland
The Eircom settlement with IRMA was not the end of conflict over online privileges and copyright theft. The ISPAI has issued a strong statement, which suggests that it will fight any attempt to turn it into an enforcement arm for the music industry….
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Database Right: ECJ Ruling on Extraction
The European Court of Justice has given judgment on a reference from Bulgaria on the legal protection of databases….
Computer Patents: Your Views Wanted
Setting the scene and seeking views…
Copyright Smugness
Thoughts on the Government response to the EC’s copyright Green Paper…
Computer Program Patents: EPO Consultation and New Case
The EPO has asked for views on the referral of computer patent cases – and SCL is using its new web site to feed through views. Meanwhile the Patent Court has emphasised the topicality of the issues, with a new judgment rejecting two appeals, from AT&T and CVON….
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Government Response on ‘Copyright in the Knowledge Economy’
The Government response to the European Commission’s Green Paper has now been published….
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Editorial
Pride As I well recall from the birth of my first child and as any new father knows, the amount of pride one feels in a new issue does not always relate to the level of one’s contribution. I am particularly proud of this issue of the magazine and that pride is in no way…
Your Profile is Mine, All Mine!
The latest move by Facebook chimes with my dilemma over SCL profiles. Who has legal control over the data?…
Send Out the Search Party
Various European courts are awaiting answers from the European Court of Justice regarding search engine use of sponsored keywords. Susan Barty, Isabel Davies and Phillip Carnell offer a review of the most significant and most recent questions to be referred to the ECJ about search engine keywords and trade mark infringement…