Jurisdiction: Emission Theory and Database Right
A High Court case has clarified some of the jurisdiction issues relating to online infringement…
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Intellectual Property
Future Focus
T’is the season to be … predicting (it’s far too early to be jolly) and looking forward. And perhaps an even better season for putting the world to rights…
Technology and the SCL Community
Our ambition in SCL as a society is to embrace the wider aspects of technology as it applies to the law…
Navigating the Cloud: Solutions for a Cloud Computing Age
Dervish Tayyip identifies the key problems for cloud computing from an IT lawyer’s perspective and suggests a number of attainable solutions. These are his personal views and not those of Microsoft for whom he is head of UK Legal….
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Seminar Report: Reusing Old Bunkers
David Chaplin reports on the SCL Seminar ‘Legal Issues in Financial Services IT Provision’ held at Bird & Bird’s offices on 9 November….
Domain Names: Time and Tide Wait for Pam
Laches is not normally the first thing that springs to mind when Pamela Anderson is mentioned. For the true IT law nerd, that may be about to change. David Taylor and Jane Seager look at a recent domain name dispute…
I Want More Cookies
Are we doomed to lose all our privacy rights if we use the Internet at all? What use are MPs if they ignore the basics? How serious are we about giving people options? Do we all need more cookies? How many questions can fit in a strap line?…
New EU Data Protection Strategy
On 4 November, the European Commission published its strategy to strengthen EU data protection rules…
ICO and Street View Latest
The Information Commissioner has announced the outcome of the Google Street View investigation…
Back to Basics
Roger Bickerstaff provides some insights into forthcoming developments in Computers & Law and the SCL more generally…