The Final ACTA?
The probable final text of the international trade agreement ACTA has been published online. It has importance for the enforcement of IP rights and especially for IPR enforcement in the digital environment….
Litigation & DR
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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End of the Peer-to-Peer Reviews
What a combination: the judicial review of aspects of the Digital Economy Act, the inquiry by the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media and Sport into Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Online and the grand government review of IP laws to ‘make them fit for the internet age’. All this must mean something….
Crossing Borders in the Cloud
Sandra Potter and Phil Farrelly look at cloud computing generally, and the issues pertaining to e-disclosure and cross-border conflicts in particular…
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…
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…
ICO Reverses into Google Street View
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a new statement on the complaints that were raised about Google Street View and its collection of data from wi-fi networks…
Be There or be Square
The Software Symposium Conference had some great sessions, international participation and cutting edge discussion….
New Directive to Prevent Cyber-attacks?
The EU Commission has put forward proposals designed to boost Europe’s defences against cyber-attacks…