The Handbags and the Glad Rags
Would the Advocate General’s opinion in Google v Louis Vuitton have been the same if the AdWords had been used in a real world situation?…
Telecoms & the Internet
Advocate General’s Opinion on AdWords
Google has the general support of the Advocate General’s opinion in the case before the European Court on alleged trade mark infringement by the use of AdWords…
Charging Premium Rates for Free Information
PhonepayPlus have published a notice to the premium rate industry about the techniques used to recycle free information and sell it to mobile users at premium rates….
Possibly Related
Randomly generated links are not just puzzling but might be downright dangerous, and searches can be dangerous too….
Health Data , Railways and the Moon
The recent exchange in The Times between David Davis MP and Google’s Peter Fleischer is likely to obscure rather than enlighten. Is health data really suitable material to be entrusted to private companies?…
The Semantic Web: Legal Challenges
Brian Harley, Philip Nolan, Liam Ó Móráin and Mark Leyden tease out, from the current state of the emerging technologies, what legal challenges those involved in the development of the Semantic Web and its applications need to be aware of. They also give lawyers who are not familiar with the Semantic Web a glimpse of the potential and pitfalls that these exciting new technologies present….
Defamation and Search Engine Liability
Laurence Eastham briefly reports a case where Google has defeated an attempt to land it with liability for allegedly defamatory content appearing in the snippets that come with its search results….
The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor and Privacy on the Internet
Richard Morgan reports on the lecture by Professor Daniel J Solove, Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, at a joint SCL/Oxford Internet Institute Meeting on 25 June 2009…
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L’Oréal v eBay: The UK Round
Susan Barty, Isabel Davies and Phillip Carnell report on the High Court ruling in L’Oréal v eBay [2009] EWHC 1094 (Ch) that eBay was not liable for the sale of counterfeit L’Oréal products on its UK Web site. The case is the latest round in ongoing litigation in a number of jurisdictions….
Cloud Computing: The Journey Has Just Begun
What is cloud computing, and why does it matter? Bill Jones offers his insight, explains what IT lawyers have to consider when dealing with the concept and examines its legal risks….