Fixture List Protection
Susan Barty and Lucy Kilshaw report on a High Court ruling of 24 April which held that football fixture lists can be protected by copyright and which makes interesting reading for those interested in the database right….
Intellectual Property
Criminalising Patent Infringement in the EU
Rob Jackson reviews a history of attempts to seek the criminalisation of patent rights, including recent moves by the EU Competitiveness Council, and considers the implications of such a change….
21 Today
No, it’s not the Editor’s birthday, notwithstanding that damnably deceptive youthful look. It is SCL’s Twitter followers who have the key to the door. But what is it the door to?…
Editorial
When it first appeared as a twinkle in the Queen’s Speech, I never believed for one moment that the Digital Economy Bill could become the Digital Economy Act 2010. I was wrong. Of course, if we lived in a rational world, I would have been right. But the Act went through most of its legislative…
Not Such a SoftLanding
Claire Purkiss and James Brunger look at a recent TCC case and highlight the dangers of proceeding with a business relationship without the protection and certainty that a contract to govern that relationship can bring….
The Devil is in the Detail
Apparently, nobody reads online terms and conditions. So why are you wasting your time drafting them properly?…
Data Protection and Three Strikes in Ireland
A very interesting High Court judgment in Ireland has tackled the data protection implications of ISPs sharing data for the purpose of limiting illegal file-sharing…
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Digital Economy Act Published
The Digital Economy Act 2010 has now been published…
Libel, Blogging and Immunity
Clive Freedman reports on a new case that addresses the liability of the operator of a blog with multiple contributors where one of the posts is libellous. To what extent is immunity as an information society service provider available?…
Digital Economy Act: Online Infringement and Cost-Sharing Consultation
The BIS has issued a new consultation on Online Infringement of Copyright (Initial Obligations) Cost-Sharing and SCL is preparing to respond…
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