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eBay pays a high price for fakes
Comment Legal Eye Before the decision by the French courts, eBay had already stepped up its efforts to fight counterfeiters through programmes such as its verified rights owner system, which is designed to block sales of counterfeit goods. [01 Aug 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment Under the Trademark Directive, trademark owners have exclusive rights to prevent others from using a mark that is identical or confusingly similar to their own. DLA Piper is the world's largest global legal services organisation with more than 3... [16 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment The EC move is being heralded as the end to a feud between consumer electronics companies and rights owners that dates back to the 1960s. If a member state's copyright laws allow for private copying of already-bought material, the Copyright... [18 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: Blogging cowboys ride the Wild Web
Comment Our latest research shows only a small number of all internet users - about five per cent - are clear about their legal rights and responsibilities when commenting online. The legal pitfalls of user-generated content are principally defamation... [05 Jun 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment There is pressure to develop so-called 360-degree deals, where a record company manages all the rights of an artist, from tour to television series, not just their recordings. DLA Piper is the world's largest global legal services organisation with... [22 May 2008]
Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?
Comment Earlier this month, Westminster's Joint Committee on Human Rights criticised the loss of 25 million child benefits records as typical of the government's "lax standards" on protecting personal information. [27 Mar 2008]
Illegal file-sharing: Gov't says enough is enough
News Legal Eye on illegal file-sharing The government said it supports discussions between ISPs and rights' holders about action for illegal file sharing as part of a Department for Culture, Media and Sport action plan for the creative industries. [22 Feb 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment More Legal Eye: Protecting privacy: can the internet be policed without impinging on the rights of legitimate users? As it stands, neither the rights' owners nor the ISPs are ready for this watershed - or are likely to be able to cope in its... [22 Feb 2008]
Legal Eye: Scrabble-Facebook row spells trouble
Comment While the legal community was not surprised by the joint letter from rights holders Hasbro and Mattel last week, the rules of engagement online are different and, to some extent, yet to be defined. Monetisation vs rights protection. [29 Jan 2008]
'Big Brother IT' fuels workplace stress
News But an increasing number of semi-skilled and manual workers, such as production line and distribution workers are also under the electronic eye, similarly reporting an increase in work strain of eight per cent when under scrutiny. [08 Jan 2008]
E-tailers beware: OFT web sweep is imminent
Comment Despite estimates that £14bn will be spent by consumers online this Christmas, recent research by the OFT indicates that very few online shoppers are aware of additional legal protection provided by the regulations and that many websites may be... [14 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.04.06
Round-Up Apple has a somewhat mixed image in the public eye. This rather heavy-handed approach to pre-teen stakeholder engagement is clearly part of the company's policy to protect future products and intellectual property rights from possible legal action... [21 Apr 2006]
Re:Viewing 2004: Digital music and DRM
News The granddaddy of the online song world, Napster, made like a juvenile offender, put on its best smart suit and re-emerged in the public eye, having gone straight. It's a system of digital rights management that dictates when bands - or other types... [17 Dec 2004]
Internet users turning a blind eye to illegal sites
News They're stuck with this conundrum - they have to uphold the contract they have with customers and, at the same time, protect their customers' human rights and right to free speech," he said. Research conducted by ICM Research for the Internet... [17 May 2004]
Universities tight-lipped over file sharers
News For a number of years, universities have been reluctant to keep a closer eye on how their networks are used in the name of allowing education and experimentation without censorship," Gregory said. Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of... [23 Jul 2003]
