The EU Commission is engaging in a wide-ranging consultation and information-gathering exercise to help determine its future policy on online gambling…
AdWords: Opinion in Interflora v Marks & Spencer Published
The Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen in Interflora v Marks & Spencer has now been published. He takes the view that Marks & Spencer has infringed the Interflora trade mark by purchasing the disputed keyword….
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New York Court Rejects Google Book Deal
The judgment of Judge Denny Chin in the New York Federal Court has cast doubts on the implementation of the complex deal which was designed to allow Google to make a vast library of books available on the web…
Meeting Report: Privacy by Design – ‘Grand Design’ or ‘Pipe Dream’
Cynthia O’Donoghue, Nick Tyler and Katalina Chin report on the SCL Privacy and Data Protection Group Meeting held on 16 March at Reed Smith LLP…
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Beyond the Caricature: Dealing with the Issues
Georg R Briner gives his response to the recent article ‘Negotiating with Goliath’…
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Deep Thought
Our increasing exposure as IT lawyers and indeed as human beings to the exponential advance of technology…
Gymnastic Wrestling
SCL is presenting a seminar that could make some of the London Olympics events look very pedestrian. And it focuses on an area of knowledge of which too many IT lawyers remain dangerously ignorant….
In-house KM: The Value of Law Firm Know How
Matt Whalley shares the benefit of his experience as a target for law firm bulletins so as to help those who produce them make the life of the in-house recipients easier and get their target audience to value them more highly….
Web Sites and Jurisdiction: Pammer/Alpenhof
The European Court of Justice has ruled on when a web site operator is directing its services to a Member State in Case C-585/08 and C-144/09 Joined Cases Peter Pammer and Alpenhof, Judgment of 7 December 2010. This decision was made in the context of establishing a national court’s jurisdiction in a business to consumer transaction. Dr Julia Hörnle highlights the main issues and comments on the case….
Online News and Contempt of Court
The Divisional Court has been grappling with the dangers that arise from instant news and the less considered nature of online publication….