Each year we ask experts in a wide variety of fields for their views on the likely developments in the year ahead. This is a selection of the predictions published on the SCL web site that relate to technological developments that affect legal practice and the forecast changes for e-disclosure, electronic evidence and forensics…
Future Content My heading suggests that I am about to outline our programme of articles and features for 2011. But, since our aim is always to respond with great agility to the events shaping the legal IT landscape, I cannot say that I know much about what is to come past February. My heading is…
The European Commission’s announcement on 30 November of a formal investigation into Google’s search engine services provides a reminder that competition law is a key tool used (and arguably abused) in IT businesses’ battle for competitive advantage. Gustaf Duhs and Jowanna Conboye provide a high-level review of recent developments in the IT sector in relation to abuse of dominance issues and speculate where the law might be heading. The article sets out some key issues that IT practitioners (and businesses) should bear in mind in relation to this issue and includes a summary of competition decisions in Europe from Microsoft onwards, under various key themes and by decision date….
A sweet and creamy dessert course for the predictions banquet – predictions from Bill Jones, Jane Seager, Peter Birley, Andrew Tibber and Tracey Stretton….
The Court of Appeal has published the latest in a long line of judgments that affect the database right and copyright in football fixtures etc…
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Advocate General Jääskinen considers that eBay is generally not liable for trade mark infringements committed by its users on its electronic marketplace. However, if eBay has been notified of the infringing use of a trade mark, and the same user continues or repeats that infringement, eBay may be held liable for it….
For years web searching and Google have been synonymous – now the searching is to be through Google’s own data. What intrigues me about the EU Commission’s investigation is how they are going to find the relevant material….
A substantial, warming and slightly spicy soup as a first course in the predictions banquet – predictions from Chris Marsden, John Yates, Peter Sommer, Lilian Edwards, Mike Taylor, Jan Durant, Stephen Mason, Shireen Smith, Bryan King, Joe Reevy and Nick Holmes. Don’t forget the amuse bouche posted on 30 November with the predictions from Kit Burden and Robert Buchan…
With a veritable banquet of predictions to come, including a very substantial first course on 1 December, here is a taster for what is to come. The first predictions are from Kit Burden of DLA Piper (who was the first to submit) and, in honour of St Andrew’s Day, Robert Buchan of Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (who was not far behind)….
The European Commission is to further investigate allegations of antitrust violations by Google…
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