E-commerce Formalities Back in the CJEU Spotlight
Graham Smith is inspired by a recent CJEU judgment to reflect on requirements of form and the history of contract formalities…
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NOW That’s NOT What I Call Passing Off
The Supreme Court has ruled in a dispute concerning the use of services under the NOW TV title and has supported the view that goodwill is jurisdiction-based…
Cloud Computing: Export Controls and Sanctions
Export controls and sanctions can be a trap for the unwary engaged in technology exports. But few think of the cloud as a risk area for breach of these orders and sanctions. Richard Tauwhare explains why you should take such risks to heart….
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Digital Single Market Strategy: IT Law Highlights
Although the launch of the EU Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy on 6 May will no doubt make it into the major news media even in this period of pre-election obsession, accurate reporting cannot be guaranteed. Highlighted below are some of the observations and views expressed by the Commission in their strategy document and the key proposals that affect IT lawyers….
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Confusion Reigns: The CJEU’s Skype and Sky Judgment
The General Court has confirmed that there exists a likelihood of confusion between the figurative and word sign SKYPE and the word mark SKY…
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Cases Round-up
Internet Streaming and Broadcasters’ Rights The CJEU has ruled on a reference relating to the Infosoc Directive and communication to the public In Case C-279/13 C More Entertainment, a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden), the Court of Justice of the European Union had to consider issues surrounding the direct broadcast of…
Popcorn But No Blockbuster
The latest of a long line of web site blocking order applications had a new twist but the production line for blocking orders was not much disrupted, let alone busted. Is there a need for a new mechanism that will bring greater transparency to this area?…
Catt: A Different Perspective on the Supreme Court Judgment
Mark Turnbull considers the implications of the Supreme Court judgment in R (Catt & T) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, especially the implications for local authorities in their data handling, and detects a diversion from the true path set by Strasbourg…
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eDisclosure: The Perfect ESI Storm
Deborah Blaxell examines the trends and forecasts a stormy outlook, which poses a real danger for those not properly prepared…
Driverless Cars: Where Technology and Law Collide
Susan McLean and Mercedes Samavi take another look at this phenomenon of the future that is speeding down the road towards us…
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