The internet: broken or about to be broken?
Graham Smith’s Keynote Speech to the SCL Annual Conference 2019 in which he argues that proposed cures for a broken internet risk harming the patient….
Intellectual Property
Storing cookies requires internet users’ active consent, rules CJEU
The CJEU has ruled that storing cookies requires internet users’ specific active consent and that pre-ticked tick-boxes are insufficient….
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In Other News: This week’s techlaw news round-up
Europol on spear phishing, caller line ID consultation, online gambling report and more in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week not covered separately on the site…
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License Agreements, Audits & Digital Transformation: Some observations on managing the legal risks
Marcin Maruta and Karolina Alama, of Maruta Wachta, provide practical insights into the software licensing audit process and how to manage the associated risks…
Advocate General: e-book supply may not be covered by copyright distribution right
The Advocate General has issued an opinion which states that the supply of e-books may not covered by the copyright distribution right….
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High Court grants Nintendo injunction against ISPs following third party infringements
The High Court has granted Nintendo an injunction requiring that five ISPs block or impede access to four websites selling devices that circumvented technological protection of Nintendo devices…
PODCAST: SCL Women in Tech Law Group – “Women in Law: 100 years of breaking barriers – what next?”
A recording of the SCL Women in Tech Law Group Event: “Women in Law: 100 years of breaking barriers – what next?” held on Tuesday 10 September 2019 at Bristows, London…
German legal provision prohibiting internet search engines from using newspaper or magazine snippets without the publisher’s authorisation must be disregarded
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in Case C-299/17 VG Media Gesellschaft zur Verwertung der Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrechte von Medienunternehmen mbH v Google LLC that a German legal provision prohibiting internet search engines from using newspaper or magazine snippets without the publisher’s authorisation must be disregarded in the absence of its…
The ICO Cookies Guidance: can it be adtech practical?
Lori Semaan casts an analytical eye over – and raises some pertinent questions about – the ICO’s recent Adtech Report from the perspective of someone who has been involved in the adtech industry*…
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Techlaw News Round-Up
Scottish government publishes Programme for Government 2019-2020 The Scottish government has published its Programme for Government 2019-2020. It sets out the actions that the Scottish government will take in the coming year and beyond, including regarding technology. The document points out that transport is undergoing a period of rapid technological transformation which provides opportunities for…