OFT Focuses on Online Issues
The Office of Fair Trading has tackled fake online auction bids and the failure of bloggers to disclose promotional mentions…
Publishing & social media
Predictions 2011 – Second Course
A nutritious and meaty second course for the predictions banquet – predictions from Beverley Flynn, Professor Chris Reed, Susan Atkinson, Toby Crick and Carrie Reevy. If you want to contribute your signature dish to the predictions buffet, time is running out. Only predictions submitted by 12 December can feature in the forthcoming magazine….
L’Oréal v eBay: Advocate General’s Opinion
Advocate General Jääskinen considers that eBay is generally not liable for trade mark infringements committed by its users on its electronic marketplace. However, if eBay has been notified of the infringing use of a trade mark, and the same user continues or repeats that infringement, eBay may be held liable for it….
Searching Google
For years web searching and Google have been synonymous – now the searching is to be through Google’s own data. What intrigues me about the EU Commission’s investigation is how they are going to find the relevant material….
Predictions 2011 – First Course
A substantial, warming and slightly spicy soup as a first course in the predictions banquet – predictions from Chris Marsden, John Yates, Peter Sommer, Lilian Edwards, Mike Taylor, Jan Durant, Stephen Mason, Shireen Smith, Bryan King, Joe Reevy and Nick Holmes. Don’t forget the amuse bouche posted on 30 November with the predictions from Kit Burden and Robert Buchan…
Face is Their Fortune
Facebook is on the verge of trade marking the word ‘face’…
The Twitter Bomb Joke and the Big Issues
Most of what I have seen about the bomb tweet exaggerates its importance, and misses a couple of crucial points that matter more…
Crossing Borders in the Cloud
Sandra Potter and Phil Farrelly look at cloud computing generally, and the issues pertaining to e-disclosure and cross-border conflicts in particular…
I Want More Cookies
Are we doomed to lose all our privacy rights if we use the Internet at all? What use are MPs if they ignore the basics? How serious are we about giving people options? Do we all need more cookies? How many questions can fit in a strap line?…
Contract Formation: Let’s Stick Together
Gillian Cordall looks at the basics of contract formation and points up their relevance to the real world IT or e-commerce transaction….