Google Spain: Call for (Short) Contributions
I want more comment and pointers to comment on this seminal judgment…
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Intellectual Property
SCL Event Report: Annual Lecture “IT for the Courts: Creating a Digital Future”
Amy Franklin reports on the SCL Annual Lecture, given by the Lord Chief Justice on 20 May….
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Image Rights and Privacy
Louise Turner asks if the Weller case has created an image right in relation to the facial expressions of children…
Google Spain: A Question of (Lack of) Balance
Steve Peers believes that the CJEU’s Google Spain judgment fails to balance privacy and freedom of expression…
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Google Spain: A Search Engine Liability Explosion?
The CJEU has ruled that an Internet search engine operator can be responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal data which appears on web pages published by third parties. This may be the practical embodiment of the ‘right to be forgotten’. The case also provides important new guidance on jurisdictional issues and the scope of EU data protection….
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Finding an unAPI Medium
The latest ruling in California on the protection for IP rights in APIs has worrying consequences…
Are Bitcoins Really Real?
David Flint considers the practicalities, the legalities and realities around the hype over virtual currencies….
Advisory Group Boost for ODR
The Civil Justice Council has a new advisory group, charged with establishing ways for Online Dispute Resolution to solve civil disputes…
PI Sentenced for Data Protection Scam
Isleworth Crown Court has sentenced a private investigator who was convicted of conspiracy to commit offences under the Data Protection Act. The lead conspirator has been ordered to pay £89,000….
Editorial
Special deal While IT law continues to have its niche practices and IT lawyers still occasionally focus on issues of great obscurity, the awful truth that IT law is central to legal practice can no longer be denied. I was reminded of the downside of this by a humorous tweet from an academic tweeter, @Cybermatron,…