Advocate General Jääskinen considers that eBay is generally not liable for trade mark infringements committed by its users on its electronic marketplace. However, if eBay has been notified of the infringing use of a trade mark, and the same user continues or repeats that infringement, eBay may be held liable for it….
For years web searching and Google have been synonymous – now the searching is to be through Google’s own data. What intrigues me about the EU Commission’s investigation is how they are going to find the relevant material….
A substantial, warming and slightly spicy soup as a first course in the predictions banquet – predictions from Chris Marsden, John Yates, Peter Sommer, Lilian Edwards, Mike Taylor, Jan Durant, Stephen Mason, Shireen Smith, Bryan King, Joe Reevy and Nick Holmes. Don’t forget the amuse bouche posted on 30 November with the predictions from Kit Burden and Robert Buchan…
Facebook is on the verge of trade marking the word ‘face’…
Most of what I have seen about the bomb tweet exaggerates its importance, and misses a couple of crucial points that matter more…
Sandra Potter and Phil Farrelly look at cloud computing generally, and the issues pertaining to e-disclosure and cross-border conflicts in particular…
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?…
Gillian Cordall looks at the basics of contract formation and points up their relevance to the real world IT or e-commerce transaction….
Session 1 of the Conference…
David Taylor and Jane Seager look at a recent case in the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and explain how Dolce & Gabbana failed to obtain the domain name dandg.com…