EU Adopts Ban on Unjustified Geo-Blocking
Lars Kjolbye, Elisabetta Righini and Peter Citron bring us up to speed on this important new Regulation that seeks to underpin the Digital Single Market…
Telecoms & the Internet
BEREC Net Neutrality Consultation
BEREC has announced consultation on an evaluation of the application of the BEREC Net Neutrality Guidelines in the context of the Net Neutrality Regulation…
The Good Oil on ‘the New Oil’
Peter Leonard considers the asset value of data and the way to make sure it truly has value…
The Microsoft Ireland Case: Current State of Play – a summary of the issues and background
Edward Naughton and Mark Lubbock summarize the issues arising and background to United States v Microsoft Corporation, which is currently being heard before the US Supreme Court….
Virtual Reality and IP Rights: time for immersive sensations to be protected?
Mark Owen believes that the use of virtual, augmented and mixed reality in games gives rise to unresolved IP issues, that finding a way to protect investment is becoming increasingly urgent and changes to IP laws are needed to keep up with the fast-developing technology in this space….
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Forgetting What We Never Knew
Laurence Eastham thinks that two pre-trial judgments from the High Court concerning the right to be forgotten lead us towards a strange conundrum…
Global Legal Hackathon in London
The London event of the world’s largest legal hackathon takes place 23-25 February 2018…
Fun with Processor Clauses
Ed Boal reflects on his early experiences of negotiating processor clauses in anticipation of the GDPR coming into force….
Book Review: ‘Control Shift’
Neil Brown reviews David Meyer’s ‘Control Shift: How Technology Affects You and Your Rights’ and finds a lot in there – and a lot to like…
Predictions 2018 – 21
Chris Dale has made a habit of sending SCL a great set of somewhat acerbic predictions. Here is another glorious product of his warped crystal ball….