ICANN’T
ICANN’s formal ratification of the plan to expand top-level domain names on 20 June does raise the question of who can afford the fees and whether ICANN will always be able to keep sight of its main objectives…
Telecoms & the Internet
Agency or Distribution? The Struggle for Mastery in e-book Pricing
Stephen Smith and Andrew Hobson review the state of play in a battle that will affect what you read and how – and how much you pay for it. A version of this article first appeared in Competition Law Insight, 3 May 2011…
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Cookie Confusion and Clarifications
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has now issued its proposals to implement the amendments to the EU Telecoms Framework, including controversial new rules on the use of cookies. These proposals have been followed by new guidance from the Information Commissioner and a further open letter from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Richard Cumbley and Peter Church explain how the new rules suggest a flexible approach to consent (but not yet through the use of browser settings)….
Digital Evidence: Beware of Assuming Too Much
Stephen Mason highlights some of the lessons lawyers should learn from Operation Ore…
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Consumerisation – Nothing is New
Simon Kosminsky reflects on the fact that the ‘new wave’ of consumerisation is not really all that new, it has just taken on a new form. But he explains that it nevertheless presents a challenge that has to be met….
AdWords: Opinion in Interflora v Marks & Spencer Published
The Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen in Interflora v Marks & Spencer has now been published. He takes the view that Marks & Spencer has infringed the Interflora trade mark by purchasing the disputed keyword….
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New York Court Rejects Google Book Deal
The judgment of Judge Denny Chin in the New York Federal Court has cast doubts on the implementation of the complex deal which was designed to allow Google to make a vast library of books available on the web…
Deep Thought
Our increasing exposure as IT lawyers and indeed as human beings to the exponential advance of technology…
Data Protection and Privacy: Hitting a Real World Wall
With doubts about implementation of the EU’s ‘cookie consent’ requirements and the suggestion that cloud cuckoo land has at last been found (apparently it is in Denmark), it is time to ask if there is a disconnect between commercial reality and privacy requirements. And whose fault is it?…
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SCL Annual Lecture 2011: The Advent of Meaning-based Computing
Laurence Eastham reports on the lecture from Dr Mike Lynch OBE at the IET on 8 March on the advent of meaning-based computing…
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