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Laura Gordon of Boyds gives an account of the recent Scottish case of Bonnier Media v Greg Lloyd Smith. The case concerned an international trading name dispute and the use of a domain name. She also looks at the latest developments in the tale and the case’s implications….

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Letter to the Editor

A small error crept into the last paragraph of Michael Hirst’s otherwise useful article on Cyberobscenity and jurisdiction. (I was the defence expert in Waddon and consulted though not instructed in Perrin.) The strict liability offence for possession of child pornography is in fact s160 Criminal Justice Act 1988 not the Criminal Justice and Public…

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BT Broadband

We asked BT for an article addressing the difficulties that are arising on implementation. These answers to some of the frequently asked questions BTopenworld receives from customers implementing broadband are what we got. Hopefully they will assist. In addition, there is a useful page on the BTopenworld site at www.btopenworld.com/business/channel/ 0,,csn=337,00.html. This has a list of frequently asked questions and provides detailed, step-by-step solutions to them. For example, it outlines how to set up an Internet dialer. Don’t miss the chance to let us know about your experience of broadband, and possible alternatives at lseastham@aol.com….

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Don’t Always Believe what you Reed

On 20 May 2002, Mr Justice Pumfrey gave judgment in the case of (1) Reed Executive Plc (2) Reed Solutions Plc v (1) Reed Business Information Limited (2) Reed Elsevier (UK) Limited (3) totaljobs.com Limited. The case explored for the first time in any detail the extent to which the use of various optimisation techniques for Web sites could give rise to new forms of trade mark infringement and passing off. Ian Jeffery of Lewis Silkin reports on the case and offers his comments….

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