I am only too well aware that my blog posts and editorials often focus on the negative. And very often the negative that I focus on originates in Brussels or Luxembourg. So it is a particular pleasure to be impressed by recent developments and a special surprise (to me at least) that the developments which…
The EU Commission consultation on e-commerce really is a big deal and the questions tell us a good deal about the areas of likely regulatory change….
Andrew Charlesworth introduces the SCL 5th Annual Policy Forum – ‘The Future of Open’ which is to be held on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 September 2010 at the offices of Herbert Smith LLP, London….
Neil Brown looks at copyright, copyleft, licensing and the public domain in the context of an expanding market for electronic versions of literary works….
The Information Commissioner’s Office released a statement on 29 July giving its assessment of the data protection implications of the wi-fi data collected by Google’s Street View vehicles….
Google has announced changes in its policies on the use of trademarks in the text of adverts and on the use of trade marks as keywords. The policy changes are, at least in part, influenced by the rulings of the Court of Justice in the AdWords case and the Portakabin case….
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The latest announcement of changes in policy on the acceptance of adverts for AdWords seems like a bit of a gamble….
European data protection authorities at the latest Article 29 Working Party meeting have concluded that current purported implementation of the Data Retention Directive is unlawful…
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Ofcom has published a discussion paper and is seeking views on net neutrality issues…
The judge in the long-running dispute between Viacom and You Tube (now a Google company) has granted Google’s application for summary judgment…