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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Google and France: Place Your Bets
The latest announcement of changes in policy on the acceptance of adverts for AdWords seems like a bit of a gamble….
Caveat Computer Emptor?
Julie Hamilton summarises and comments on the recent Scottish case of Durkin v DSG Retail, involving a laptop purchase from PC World and a linked credit agreement….
Nintendo v Playables: Piracy and DS Home-brewing
Nintendo were granted summary judgment on 28 July in a case brought by them against importers of the R4 game copier device….
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Internet Gambling and Free Trade
Jimmy Desai offers a summary of recent developments affecting the law on Internet gambling in the EU….
Bilski and the US Software Patent Threat?
Dr Robert Harrison and Jordan S Hatcher analyse the US case of Bilski v Kappos and consider its importance for IT lawyers in the UK….
Software Clones: World Programming v SAS (Updated)
The High Court has given judgment in a dispute about a clone of an SAS system but has referred a series of issues to the ECJ…
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E-mail Disclaimers
Litig, the Legal IT Innovators Group, has recently completed several months work in an attempt to eliminate e-mail disclaimers from law firm e-mails. Counsel’s opinion arising from this has now been published and could lead to the minimising of disclaimers, but not their elimination….
Sound and (Simulated?) Fury
The latest Which? (over)reaction to volume claims on file-sharing may have a hollow ring but their contribution on unsecured wi-fi is genuinely valuable….
Widespread Unlawful Data Retention in the EU
European data protection authorities at the latest Article 29 Working Party meeting have concluded that current purported implementation of the Data Retention Directive is unlawful…
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