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…
Telecoms & the Internet
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, Googlies and Goolies
Is Google getting off lightly in its likely settlement with the EU Commission on search?…
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…
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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Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Opinion on Purpose Limitation
The European data protection authorities have clarified the principle of ‘purpose limitation’…
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Google Privacy Policy Enforcement
Six European data protection authorities are to launch coordinated and simultaneous enforcement actions in light of Google’s alleged breaches of data protection law…
Data Protection: Facebook and the Right Kind of Establishment
Julia Hörnle looks at a German case concerning the application of EU data protection law to foreign service providers and similar questions arising elsewhere in the EU, all of which raise issues about what amounts to the right kind of establishment…
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Tamiz v Google: the Court of Appeal Verdict
Graham Smith gives us his take on the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Tamiz v Google. This article is taken from his Cyberleagle blog at www.cyberleagle.com….