Predictions 2011 – Third Course
A sweet and creamy dessert course for the predictions banquet – predictions from Bill Jones, Jane Seager, Peter Birley, Andrew Tibber and Tracey Stretton….
Telecoms & the Internet
Football Dataco Ltd v Yahoo: Court of Appeal Judgment Published
The Court of Appeal has published the latest in a long line of judgments that affect the database right and copyright in football fixtures etc…
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L’Oréal v eBay: Advocate General’s Opinion
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….
Searching Google
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….
Predictions 2011 – First Course
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…
Predictions 2011: Amuse Bouche
With a veritable banquet of predictions to come, including a very substantial first course on 1 December, here is a taster for what is to come. The first predictions are from Kit Burden of DLA Piper (who was the first to submit) and, in honour of St Andrew’s Day, Robert Buchan of Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (who was not far behind)….
Competition Investigation Announced into Google
The European Commission is to further investigate allegations of antitrust violations by Google…
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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…
Nominet Announces Short .uk Names Process
Nominet has announced that it will accept sunrise applications for short .uk domain names from 1 December…
ICO and Street View Latest
The Information Commissioner has announced the outcome of the Google Street View investigation…