High Court orders ISPs to block streamrippers and cyberlockers
This was the first time blocking orders had been sought for this type of website….
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Miscellaneous
CMA to investigate whether Apple’s App Store is anti-competitive
Investigation follows complaints from developers that Apple’s terms are unfair and could breach competition law…
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New moves to reinforce employment rights on digital job platforms
In the wake of the Supreme Court judgment in the Uber litigation, the ILO and The European Commission are looking at ways to protect workers rights in a digitally driven gig economy….
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Law Commission consults on reforms to laws around intimate image abuse
Reforms include making deepfake pornography a criminal offence…
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Reliance Losses and Exclusion Clauses: Co-Op v IBM
Lynne McCafferty QC and Richard Osborne on the lessons to be learnt from the decision in CIS General Insurance Ltd v IBM United Kingdom Ltd where the claimants were seeking reliance losses following a repudiatory breach….
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An XML schema is a copyright literary work but not a database, says High Court
Intellectual Property Enterprise Court considers IP rights in XML formats…
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Leave.EU fails to overturn rulings on consent for marketing content in political emails
Consent given by Leave.EU subscribers to Brexit-related emails did not constitute freely given, informed, and specific consent to the inclusion of an insurance promotion…
EVENT REPORT: IT Contracts 101 for the Trainee Lawyers group
Faith Edmunds and Nanret Senok report on a highly successful, hands on session presented by Alison Berryman…
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February issue of Computers & Law out now
Members can download the digital issue now…
Employee fails to assert copyright in software despite developing in own time
Employer owned copyright in software created during course of employment…
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