John O’Connor reports on a recent successful meeting…
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Data Protection Developments: How to Cope
If you have that Monday morning whenever you think about data protection reform, not just on Mondays, Andrew Cormack suggests ways to cope. A focus on current enforcement practice and the data protection principles is one option; quiet despair seems to be another….
NOW That’s NOT What I Call Passing Off
The Supreme Court has ruled in a dispute concerning the use of services under the NOW TV title and has supported the view that goodwill is jurisdiction-based…
Cloud Computing: Export Controls and Sanctions
Export controls and sanctions can be a trap for the unwary engaged in technology exports. But few think of the cloud as a risk area for breach of these orders and sanctions. Richard Tauwhare explains why you should take such risks to heart….
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Digital Single Market Strategy: IT Law Highlights
Although the launch of the EU Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy on 6 May will no doubt make it into the major news media even in this period of pre-election obsession, accurate reporting cannot be guaranteed. Highlighted below are some of the observations and views expressed by the Commission in their strategy document and the key proposals that affect IT lawyers….
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Confusion Reigns: The CJEU’s Skype and Sky Judgment
The General Court has confirmed that there exists a likelihood of confusion between the figurative and word sign SKYPE and the word mark SKY…
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Cases Round-up
Internet Streaming and Broadcasters’ Rights The CJEU has ruled on a reference relating to the Infosoc Directive and communication to the public In Case C-279/13 C More Entertainment, a reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden), the Court of Justice of the European Union had to consider issues surrounding the direct broadcast of…
Editorial
This issue, though somewhat skewed towards case reports (excellent and important though they are) includes two pieces that I find especially interesting. Susan McLean on the sharing economy and Emma Wright and Dianne Devlin on smart cities deal with emerging trends that may shape our future more profoundly than that election thingy that I keep…
CPD Online:April/May 2015 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine
Questions arising from the April/May 2015 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC30 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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ISO Guidance on Outsourcing
Pearse Ryan and Golda Hession provide an overview…