A Brave New World Demands Brave New Thinking
Phil Lee considers the impact that Google Glass and other ‘smart glasses’ may have on privacy issues and calls for new thinking…
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Telecoms & the Internet
3D Printing Legal Update
Even someone with a long-standing interest in 3D printing has to be surprised by its sudden ascent to the mainstream. Simon Bradshaw puts surprise to one side, reviews the latest legal reaction and trends which affect or will come to affect 3D printing and essays some predictions….
Interflora v Marks and Spencer: Adword Use Infringed Trade Mark
Mr Justice Arnold has ruled in favour of Interflora in its long-running battle with M&S, finding that Marks and Spencer’s use of the “Interflora” trade mark as a Google AdWord to advertise its M&S Flowers & Gifts website was trade mark infringement…
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Defamation and Injunction: Google and Facebook Must Try Harder
An Irish court has granted an interlocutory injunction against Facebook and Google and required YouTube, Google, Facebook and a number of web sites to permanently remove a video and accompanying material which wrongly identified a man dodging a taxi fare and defamed him with a series of offensive comments…
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Patent Wars: EU Commission Weighs In
The EU Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Motorola Mobility relating to its potential misuse of mobile phone standard-essential patents…
SCL Meeting Report: ‘AR Wars’ – Augmented Reality, Technology and the Law
Ashley Avery reports on the ‘hot topic’ seminar on augmented reality held on 24 April at Travers Smith LLP….
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Stale Cookies Given a Fresh Crunch
Is cookie compliance going to hamper innovation such as personalisation? In a forthcoming SCL meeting, worlds collide and the resulting compound could be gold for IT lawyers….
Google’s Search Commitments
Following the EU Commission’s initial moves to address concerns about Google’s dominant position in search, the Commission is seeking feedback on commitments offered by Google to address competition concerns…
Google, Googlies and Goolies
Is Google getting off lightly in its likely settlement with the EU Commission on search?…
EU Commission to Consult on Internet/TV Convergence
Whether it is the Internet on TV or TV watched on the Internet, the EU Commission seeks views on the ‘rapidly converging audiovisual world’…
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