ICANN has announced that the new gTLD program is underway…
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Accessibility of Web Site Content and EU Jurisdiction Ruling
Joel Smith and Alexandra Leriche consider the CJEU ruling in Pinckney v Mediatech, where jurisdiction in online copyright infringement cases was said to depend on the accessibility of web site content…
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Data Protection Reform After LIBE
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament has voted through an amended version of the data protection reform package. The associated excitement may be misplaced, or at least a little overstated. But SCL members may find the unofficial consolidated version of the regulation of real interest….
CPD Online: O Tempora, O Mores – SCL Policy Forum Keynote
CPD questions arising from Dr Ian Brown’s SCL Policy Forum Keynote Lecture on 12 September: O TEMPORA, O Mores – Can the Law Control Digital Leviathan? SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC8 – CPD: 1 hour…
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Data Protection MPNs: ‘Substantial Damage or Substantial Distress’
A ruling by the First-tier Tribunal on an appeal against a monetary penalty notice calls into question the ICO’s assessment of when it is appropriate to issue a monetary penalty notice…
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Latest ECJ Ruling on Consumer Protection and Cross-border Sales
In a new ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union has held that a consumer may sue a foreign trader with whom he has concluded a contract before the national courts where it is established that the trader has directed his activities to the consumer’s State, even if the means used to so direct his activities were not the basis for the conclusion of the contract…
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Defamation: Draft Regulations Now Published
The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 are now available in draft form….
SCL Annual Conference 2013 Report: In a Few Words
David Chaplin reports on the SCL Annual Conference 2013, ‘All the IT Law you need for 2014’…
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Samsung Patent ‘Truce’: EU Commission Consults
The EU Commission is looking for views on the commitments offered by Samsung Electronics regarding use of SEPs…
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Be Trained . . . Get Accredited: Introducing the SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme
Practising IT Law is not for the faint-hearted. At any moment you could be asked to advise on any number of issues, from the liabilities and risks in an IT supply contract, through data protection of employee records to complex e-commerce issues. All the advice you give must be thoroughly grounded in the relevant law…
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