Miscellaneous

Neil Brown looks at the legal issues arising from the emergence of the latest iteration of [insertsomethinghere]tech – SafetyTech….

Read More… from “SafetyTech”: what it is, and key legal issues

Projects aims to ensure that English law can meet the growing use of smart contracts and tackle “possession” of digital assets….

Read More… from Law Commission seeks views on smart contracts and digital assets

In a companion piece to their recent article on the reasons for IT project failure, Lee Gluyas and William Hooper review the steps that can be taken to protect a party’s position where a project is failing but recovery is being attempted….

Read More… from Managing failing IT and outsourcing projects

Opinion in Case C-392/19 VG Bild-Kunst v Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz: inline linking requires the consent of rights-holders, but clickable links using framing do not, even if anti-copying measures are circumvented….

Read More… from AG Opinion: inline linking requires the consent of rights-holders

A service using an electronic app to connect passengers with taxi drivers is an Information Society service under the E-Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC), as long as the app is not be inherently linked to the taxi transport service so that it does not form an integral part of it….

Read More… from AG Opinion: taxi app connecting passengers with taxi drivers is an Information Society service

The CJEU upheld the principle of net neutrality when considering packages offered by a service provider in Hungary….

Read More… from Court of Justice considers interpretation of Open Internet Regulation for first time

This entry to our annual Sir Henry Brooke Student Essay Prize by Benjamin Evans from the University of East Anglia was highly commended by the judges. A second highly commended entry will be published next week….

Read More… from Sir Henry Brooke Student Essay Prize Highly Commended: The greatest regulatory challenges for the Internet of 2030

Application refused as there were triable issues on subsistence and infringement….

Read More… from Oysterware Ltd v Intentor Ltd: summary judgment refused in software copyright dispute

Changes would ensure more clarity and more effective targeting of serious harm and criminality….

Read More… from Law Commission proposes changes to communication offences

Anne Rose & Sian Harding summarise new guidance on blockchain law and regulation published by the Law Society….

Read More… from New Blockchain guidance published by Tech London Advocates and The Law Society