James Grimmelmann weighs up the investigation into Google’s practices by the EU Commission and the technological realities of search. He sees dangers flowing from oversimplification of the complexities of search….
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The Defamation Bill includes proposals of major interest to many advising web sites and involved in any form of hosting and publishing online. Andrew Tibber looks at the crucial proposals….
Sometimes so confusing that it might well pertain to a Galaxy far, far away, the ongoing complexities of the litigation over smartphone patents leave many at a loss. John D. McGonagle offers a strategic overview of the smartphone ‘patent wars’…
Is Commissioner Almunia’s carrot really a rather threatening weapon?…
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I’m confused – and it seems to me that everybody else is too. Why is consulting on this porn opt-in idea such an awful idea?…
Some further details on the proposed legislation have become available, and we have initial comments…
Since an undertaking could register its trade marks as .eu domain names during the ‘sunrise period’ only if it was established in the EU, it was not right to allow that rule to be subverted where a very limited licence had been granted to an EU entity….
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A Parliamentary Inquiry has concluded that ISPs need to be more pro-active in encouraging the protection of children from accessing harmful content…
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A recent Internet libel case highlights the extensive reach of ‘immunity’ for information services providers. Laurence Eastham attempts to pick out the more interesting aspects of a 99-paragraph judgment….
The EU Commission has launched a consultation on rules for wirelessly connected devices – the ‘Internet of Things’…
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