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Comment Simon Briskman, lawyer, Field Fisher Waterhouse Simon Briskman, lawyer, Field Fisher Waterhouse The tender ministrations of the baggage handlers have dispatched more... [19 Jun 2006]
Ask the Lawyer: Trademark disputes and stopping spammers
Comment Separately, you may be able to ask Proxad to close down the sender, assuming that in their standard terms and conditions of use with the subscriber, they have 'take down' rules which... [27 Apr 2005]
Ask the Lawyer: Submit your questions now
News silicon.com is pleased to launch a new feature, Ask the Lawyer, in partnership with London-based law firm Olswang, in which we will provide you with answers to legal questions on a wide... [07 Jan 2005]
CRM: Don't forget about privacy
Comment Email them to editorial@silicon.com and we'll consider them for inclusion in future 'Ask the Lawyer' columns. For many forms of marketing contact with individuals, consent is required... [13 Oct 2004]
Apple versus Apple - settlement in site?
Comment I would take that proposition with a big grain of salt," said Lee Bromberg, an intellectual property lawyer and founding partner at Boston-based law firm Bromberg & Sunstein. Apple Computer reiterated its previous... [24 Sep 2004]
Microsoft, Time Warner investigated by EU for DRM domination
News And while there is a great deal of difference between the two Microsoft cases, Thomas Vinje, an antitrust lawyer with the firm Clifford Chance in Brussels, said the... [26 Aug 2004]
Ballmer vows to fight EC's competition ruling
News Even if one takes away the multimedia code and, as RealNetworks has suggested, installs their player in its place, there will remain over 20 features in the Windows operating system that will not... [25 Mar 2004]
Who signed that contract? Inking supplier agreements
Comment Karen Jones, solicitor at law firm Matthew Arnold & Baldwin, mines her 18 years at the frontline of dealing with IT contracts to provide some key advice. Despite huge changes in technology and capabilities in... [12 Nov 2003]
Boston pensioner mistakenly targeted in file-swap swoop
News In a letter sent to Ward's lawyer late last week, a lawyer for the labels said the case would be dismissed. The Recording Industry Association of... [25 Sep 2003]
US feds to join the fight on file sharing
News A lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation said the bill includes a number of troubling aspects, particularly the blurring of distinctions between official... [23 Jun 2003]
eBay found guilty of patent infringement
News The wilful infringement ruling opens the door for the judge to hold eBay liable for triple damages, or $105m, said Neil Smith, a lawyer specialising in intellectual... [28 May 2003]
Microsoft and the DoJ: States not so keen
News The states have hired high-profile lawyer Brendan Sullivan, and he is expected to ask for more time to consider the proposals. The individual states... [02 Nov 2001]
The best of Reader Comments: Bring on the legal eagles
Comment I fought the lawyer and the lawyer won. Myself, I go to this thing called a 'club night' where you can hear a wide selection of tunes from a particular genre, and you... [09 Mar 2001]
Ask the Lawyer @ silicon.com
Comment You don't say how you accepted the new job, and overall it looks as though any damages that might be awarded here will be low. You will be asked to set out the name of the company from... [30 Aug 2000]
Ask the Lawyer @ silicon.com
Comment Therefore, engage a lawyer to draft your letter so the job is done without exposing you to risk. The answer depends to an extent on whether the product is covered by a... [05 Jun 2000]
