Does Your Firewall Have an Open Door?
Chris James covers firewalls, the risk to information security and data protection….
Telecoms & the Internet
What Price Paid for Content?
Tom Lingard and Theo Varcoe review the various revenue-raising models that newspapers, and the publishing industry in general, are having to consider. They also look at the difficulties that may arise on enforcing payment for protected online content….
What’s Your Poison?
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?…
AdWords: The ECJ Judgment
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…
AdWords: Who Won?
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…
Digital Economy Bill: In the Wash
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….
EU Competition Round-up
Microsoft and Yahoo, browser choice day and Google complaints – it’s been a busy time for EU competition lawyers with an IT interest…
Google Employees Convicted in Italy
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…
Cloud Computing and the Law: Still Shrouded in Uncertainty?
David Chaplin reports on the SCL London Group’s meeting of 8 February 2010, which focused on cloud computing…
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Microsoft: Unbundling the Browser
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…