Questions arising from the podcast of the SCL Conference 2013. These questions arise from Ben Jaffey’s keynote presentation and the presentations on BYOD from Robert Jones and Nigel Miller. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC9 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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ICANN has announced that the new gTLD program is underway…
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Joel Smith and Alexandra Leriche consider the CJEU ruling in Pinckney v Mediatech, where jurisdiction in online copyright infringement cases was said to depend on the accessibility of web site content…
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The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament has voted through an amended version of the data protection reform package. The associated excitement may be misplaced, or at least a little overstated. But SCL members may find the unofficial consolidated version of the regulation of real interest….
CPD questions arising from Dr Ian Brown’s SCL Policy Forum Keynote Lecture on 12 September: O TEMPORA, O Mores – Can the Law Control Digital Leviathan? SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC8 – CPD: 1 hour…
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A ruling by the First-tier Tribunal on an appeal against a monetary penalty notice calls into question the ICO’s assessment of when it is appropriate to issue a monetary penalty notice…
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In a new ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union has held that a consumer may sue a foreign trader with whom he has concluded a contract before the national courts where it is established that the trader has directed his activities to the consumer’s State, even if the means used to so direct his activities were not the basis for the conclusion of the contract…
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The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 are now available in draft form….
David Chaplin reports on the SCL Annual Conference 2013, ‘All the IT Law you need for 2014’…
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The EU Commission is looking for views on the commitments offered by Samsung Electronics regarding use of SEPs…
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