Web Site Blocking: Not Just for Copyright
Mr Justice Arnold has acceded to the request of various high-value trade mark holders and granted the first orders blocking web sites that sell counterfeit goods….
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Revenge Porn Legislation
Proposals to create the new offence of ‘disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress’ have now been published…
Who Wants to be Forgotten?
It may feel like a decade since we had that RtbF judgment in ‘Google Spain’ but it has been just six months. It has been all too easy to be distracted by the wide-ranging and sometimes overy philosohical debates on the topic. Andres Guadamuz takes a very welcome look at the judgment’s application in practice. It is essential reading for anyone contemplating attending the London session of the Google Advisory Council….
Address to SCL Members
It’s been a frenetic week for the SCL, with the Annual Conference still very fresh in our minds. It was a great event to attend and we are grateful not just to the excellent speakers and the SCL staff who made the event go so well but particularly to all those who attended. There was…
European Banking Authority Opinion on Virtual Currencies
Pearse Ryan, Rob Cain and Emma Dunne offer a summary of the recent EBA Opinion. They are not impressed by the Opinion or the potential cost to Ireland of following its recommendations and suggest a more balanced approach that would allow innovation to thrive…
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Know Who?
Melanie Farquharson trials the upcoming Knowledge Management Group event and asks, on behalf of the KM Committee, to hear from members about the difficulties they have encountered in locating expertise within their firm, and about any solutions they have found…
The Microsoft Warrant Case: Not Just an Irish Issue
John O’Connor outlines the latest position in the ‘Microsoft Warrant case’ where the Cloud provider was ordered by a US Federal Court to produce its customer’s private e-mail content even though it was stored exclusively outside the USA…
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New CPS Guidance on Revenge Porn Prosecutions
The Crown Prosecution Service has updated its guidance for prosecutors on ‘revenge pornography’…
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Leveraging Technology in Civil Justice ODR
Darin Thompson continues his series of articles on online dispute resolution. In his fourth article in his series, he touches on AI, monitoring and the need for a multidisciplinary approach to design….
Want a .law Domain Name?
The basic eligibility requirements for the new .law and .abogado top-level domains have been announced…