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Nominet Announces Short .uk Names Process
Nominet has announced that it will accept sunrise applications for short .uk domain names from 1 December…
New EU Data Protection Strategy
On 4 November, the European Commission published its strategy to strengthen EU data protection rules…
ICO and Street View Latest
The Information Commissioner has announced the outcome of the Google Street View investigation…
Your Blackberry: Ten Things You Might Not Know
Martin Telfer deals with the questions that he regularly hears from lawyers about the use of the ubiquitous Blackberry….
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Contract Formation: Let’s Stick Together
Gillian Cordall looks at the basics of contract formation and points up their relevance to the real world IT or e-commerce transaction….
IT Lawyers’ Cases in Brief
Parallel Imports and Trade Marks: Oracle v M-Tech In Oracle v M-Tech [2010] EWCA Civ 997, the Court of Appeal held that, in a trade mark infringement case involving importation of Sun branded computer hardware from outside the EEA, M-Tech was entitled to argue that Articles 28 to 30 and 81 of the EC Treaty…
Contract Formation in Scotland
In a companion piece to Gillian Cordall’s article on contract formation, Alison Marshall points out some material differences that apply in Scotland. This article is not intended as a full account of the law on contract formation in Scotland….
Outsourcing and Exit Plans: Ericcson Ltd v Hutchison 3G UK Ltd
The High Court judgment in this dispute over exit provisions and the termination notice given in the course of a major outsourcing contract is now published….
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Exporting Encryption
The UK granted a new General Export License for encryption products on 14 October 2010. David Lorello, Julia Court Ryan and Sheena Sheikh explain….