This blog post allows access to the meeting material and allows SCL members to comment on the meeting, raise issues and continue any debate that arose at the meeting itself…
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Virtual Courts Pilot
Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court is the unlikely venue for a new pilot scheme – the so-called Virtual Court….
L’Oreal v eBay
The High Court judgment in the case of L’Oreal, Lancome and others v eBay International, eBayEurope and eBay (UK) Ltd and others was published on 22 May. It has resulted in a clear acknowledgment of breach of trade marks in sales on eBay but the question of any eBay liability awaits guidance from the ECJ….
Interflora v Marks & Spencer
The High Court judgment on the adwords battle in this case was published on 22 May….
A Subtle Explosion?
Do the judgments in L’Oréal v eBay and Interflora v Marks & Spencer signal a major change in the use of trade marks in e-commerce? They may look like damp squibs but they may turn out to be explosive….
Walking Away
Can a party walk away from an agreement and still rely on a clause excluding liability for loss of profit? Richard Cumbley and Peter Church discuss NETTV v MARHedge [2009] EWHC 844, in which the High Court concluded that such reliance is possible only where very strong words are used….
10 things not to say in an e-mail
The giveaway words which show that the e-mail should never have been sent…
Data Leakage and Data Compromise: Causes and Preventative Steps
Andrew Harbison and Pearse Ryan discuss the topics of data leakage and data compromise. They ask the question: how can leakage and compromise be prevented. If that is not possible, how can their consequences be managed or mitigated?…
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Domain Names Eviction Posse
A group of prominent football clubs have made a consolidated application to WIPO to obtain the transfer of domain names. The ruling on the use of consolidated applications is of real importance….
Fraud Academy
Is this how not to do it?…