Open Standards Principles Now in Force
Government bodies must comply with the ‘Open Standards Principles’ with effect from 1 November…
Intellectual Property
Cyber-torts and Jurisdiction
Christelle Coslin and Pauline Blondet cover some recent developments concerning the jurisdiction of the courts over torts allegedly committed on the Internet…
Book Reviews: Three Books and a Thing and a Half
Laurence Eastham looks at three books with very different aims, and two things that may or may not be books but that cannot be separated without a close inspection….
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Case Compilation
Laurence Eastham brings together a few recent rulings of relevance to IT lawyers, covering topics as diverse as domain names, advertising standards and criminal procedure….
Playground Appleology – Updated
The High Court ordered Apple to post a notice on its UK web site making it clear that there was a judgment to the effect that Samsung had not infringed the Apple design right. The Court of Appeal supported that ruling. Apple posted a statement to that effect – sort of. Now the Court has reprimanded them for the nature of their notice and made them do it again…
Browsergate: EU Commission Statement of Objections to Microsoft
In yet another development in the long-running dispute over the bundling of Internet Explorer in the various Microsoft operating systems, the EU Commission sent a formal Statement of Objections to Microsoft on 24 October in relation to alleged non-compliance with the agreed browser choice commitments…
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A Game of One Half: CJEU’s Ruling Lands Short of the Goal
Akash Sachdeva and Gareth Dickson report and comment on this week’s judgment in the database right case of Football Dataco v Sportradar…
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SCL Policy Forum Report: Computer and Communications Law Reform
Jaani Riordan reports on the annual SCL Policy Forum which took place on 13 and 14 September at the offices of Herbert Smith, London. Podcasts of most of the presentations at the Forum are now available on the SCL web site….
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Database Right: ECJ Judgment in Football Data Co v Sportradar
The Court of Justice of the European Union published its judgment in this dispute – yet another concerning database right and football-related information – on 18 October…
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SCL Media Group Seminar Report: Intermediary Liability
Frania Cooper reports on the meeting of the SCL Media Group on 10 October which focused on intermediary liability…
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