SEO poisoning is an increasingly popular method of attack for cybercriminals and one that shows they are using more sophisticated techniques. In the last year, attackers have poisoned search results on everything from the MTV awards to Google Wave invitations. Patrik Runald asks what makes these attacks such a success, and what does this mean for 2010?…
The European Court of Justice has found that Google has not infringed trade mark law by allowing advertisers to purchase keywords corresponding to their competitors’ trade marks. However, it has prohibited advertisers from using such keywords when arranging for Google to display any ads which do not allow internet users easily to establish from which undertaking the goods or services covered by the ad in question originate…
The long awaited judgment in Google v Louis Vuitton (and practically every other trade mark holder in France) has left me wondering about winners and losers…
The Bill has passed through the House of Lords, with the various major amendments abandoned, or defeated by the Government. It seems likely that compromises will be made so that the Bill can be passed before the election….
Microsoft and Yahoo, browser choice day and Google complaints – it’s been a busy time for EU competition lawyers with an IT interest…
An Italian judge has found four Google employees guilty of breaches of the Italian privacy code in relation to a video showing abuse which was posted onto Google Video…
David Chaplin reports on the SCL London Group’s meeting of 8 February 2010, which focused on cloud computing…
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Stephen Hornsby and Owen Thomas ask if Microsoft’s commitments to unbundle its browser will make a difference, and whether the European Commission really care if they do it or not…
Nick Holmes describes the origins of a dream and the steps taken to turn it into a reality…
Professor Chris Reed draws some lessons from the experience of law-making in the computing and communications sector. He suggests that a focus on technical precision has given us some pretty bad law….