Domain Disputes Changes
Edward Phillips summarises the proposals for change to the Nominet DRS system. He questions whether the default transfer plan is a winning formula or a misjudgement….
Telecoms & the Internet
Due Diligence – How Outsourcing Can Learn from Private Equity
Clive Davies recently moved from private practice to an in-house role. He shares a recently discovered approach to due diligence that he feels involves a better way….
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Editorial
The statistic that stayed with me for far too long this week was that approximately 1 in 25 visitors to Wikipedia edit or contribute. It seemed extraordinary that a resource that was used as the major reference source for everything from pub arguments to geography homework could have so many committed and dedicated persons associated…
From Avatars to ‘at the bar’ – a User’s Guide to the SCL Web 2.0 Conference
Gillian Cordall of Maclay Murray & Spens LLP gives us her round-up of a resoundingly successful SCL Conference….
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Combatting Homographic Attacks on Domain Names
Your domain name and those of your clients could be at risk from a soundalike, lookalike, evil, Cyrillic twin. Carolyn Pepper, Emma Pitcher and Milan Joshi explain….
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Hyperlinking
Alex Newson gives an overview of the legal issues from an EU & US law perspective. This is an updated version of the original article, taking account of the appeal ruling in Perfect 10 v Google….
EURid Under Fire
On 27 September 2006, the Court of First Instance decided in favour of 400 accredited .eu registrars and three domain name registrants in their ongoing battle with the European Registry for Internet Domains VZW (EURid). Bastiaan Bruyndonckx explains….
Spam: managing a solution
You may have seen – or indeed, if you were unfortunate, have been involved in – a recent high profile attack on the legal profession, which took place via email and attempted to retrieve the banking details of those individuals targeted. James Turnbull outlines how the legal sector, like virtually every other industry, is now officially under attack from the scourge of the spammer….
Management of Evidence in Child Pornography Trials
Jon Vogler shares his recent experiences and difficulties and suggests some important lessons that may be learned….
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Collaboration & Social Media – Just a Load of Hype?
Justin Patten looks at the coming wave of change for organisations and offers the board with which to ride it – namely his suggestions on how to prosper in an age of collaboration and social media….
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