The EU Commission consultation on e-commerce really is a big deal and the questions tell us a good deal about the areas of likely regulatory change….
E-commerce Consultation
The European Commission has launched a wide-ranging consultation on the future of electronic commerce in the internal market and the implementation of the Directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC)…
Centrica v Accenture Appeal Judgment
The Court of Appeal judgment on the appeal of various preliminary issues in GB Gas Holdings Limited v (1) Accenture (UK) Limited, (2) Accenture SCA, (3) Accenture International SARL, (4) Accenture Inc has now been published….
How Much Security Can You Manage?
Alastair Morrison looks at security and focuses on the (all too) human element that seems to create the greatest problems….
Eye Tracking Technology and Television Courtroom Broadcasting
Generally we consider the law as it applies to technology. Paul Lambert considers how one new technology, eye-tracking, might apply to law….
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Summer Blues
The summer is a time when plans for the autumn generally and for SCL are formed….
iPad – Harbinger of the Public Domain?
Neil Brown looks at copyright, copyleft, licensing and the public domain in the context of an expanding market for electronic versions of literary works….
The iPad, the Cloud and Data Protection
Jon Bloor thinks that the enthusiastic reaction of many lawyers to the iPad may have to be tempered by a cool reflection on the dangers for data security that its adoption may entail….
Google AdWords and Advert Text: Policy Changes
Google has announced changes in its policies on the use of trademarks in the text of adverts and on the use of trade marks as keywords. The policy changes are, at least in part, influenced by the rulings of the Court of Justice in the AdWords case and the Portakabin case….
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Online Defamation: The Need for Digital Corrections
Bob Tarantino emphasises the lesson for online publishers arising from one aspect of the Court of Appeal ruling in Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd…
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