War on Google: Vestager Strikes Back
Matt Bogdan reviews the background to the latest Google competition law moves and assesses the chances of successful Commission action…
Telecoms & the Internet
Handling Government Data Requests under Processor BCR
Phil Lee guides you through the changes made to the Article 29 Working Party guidance on Processor Binding Corporate Rules and gives his tips on coping with government requests for access to data….
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Data Protection Developments: How to Cope
If you have that Monday morning whenever you think about data protection reform, not just on Mondays, Andrew Cormack suggests ways to cope. A focus on current enforcement practice and the data protection principles is one option; quiet despair seems to be another….
Digital Single Market Strategy: IT Law Highlights
Although the launch of the EU Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy on 6 May will no doubt make it into the major news media even in this period of pre-election obsession, accurate reporting cannot be guaranteed. Highlighted below are some of the observations and views expressed by the Commission in their strategy document and the key proposals that affect IT lawyers….
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Confusion Reigns: The CJEU’s Skype and Sky Judgment
The General Court has confirmed that there exists a likelihood of confusion between the figurative and word sign SKYPE and the word mark SKY…
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Cases Round-up
Internet Streaming and Broadcasters’ Rights The CJEU has ruled on a reference relating to the Infosoc Directive and communication to the public In Case C-279/13 C More Entertainment, a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden), the Court of Justice of the European Union had to consider issues surrounding the direct broadcast of…
Driverless Cars: Where Technology and Law Collide
Susan McLean and Mercedes Samavi take another look at this phenomenon of the future that is speeding down the road towards us…
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Book Review: Andrew Keen’s ‘The Internet Is Not The Answer’
Neil Brown reviews a book that takes a controversial view of the Internet…
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Biometric Data and Data Protection Law: the CJEU Loses the Plot
Steve Peers explains and excoriates a CJEU judgment that side-steps data protection questions…
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Smart Cities – Power to the Citizens?
Smart Cities are creating a buzz. Emma Wright and Dianne Devlin explain what the excitement is about and highlight some of the challenges…