Internet & e-Commerce
Grand visions for grander innovations
Large-scale, state-managed projects make impressive showcases for the inventive spirit – but only in rare cases are they impervious to external factors, writes Matt Packer...  »
Social media spotlight: latest legal moves in the UK and US
A defamation case and the opinion of a labour-rights body show how the UK and US legal systems are adjusting to a network of challenges, writes Matt Packer...  »
IP Rights to be orphaned by book-digitisation plans?
Radical UK Government proposals to make works by writers, illustrators and other copyright holders available for free has caused uproar among creative professionals, writes Jermaine Haughton...  »
Weighing up the billions lost from software piracy
A major report on unlicensed software has highlighted a soaring escalation of the problem. However, writes Matt Packer, support for the IP Rights of official vendors has far from vanished...  »
Information Commissioner pushes for rally on cookie compliance
With UK private and public sector websites lagging behind on EU online privacy regulations, organisations need to be reminded of their legal exposure, writes Jermaine Haughton...  »
Please RT: Twitter patent agreement leaves experts unconvinced
A promise by Twitter to give its employees more power and control over their inventions looks set to shake up corporate IP policies. But, writes Nick Huber, some patent experts warn that it could be b....  »
ICANN’s grand domains reveal: the trends behind the fanfare
Global authority’s outgoing president and CEO Rod Beckstrom has at last announced the list of applicants for new domain suffixes. Matt Packer combs the details for themes that have special interest ....  »
Banking group sounds alarm over potential abuse of finance gTLDs
Leading European watchdog highlights suffixes that could be snatched by ‘unscrupulous individuals’ aiming to defraud consumers of financial services, writes Nick Huber...  »
Storing up IP hurdles for the future?
Cyberlockers could be poised to emulate the success of social networks as hubs of online communities – but are their copyright provisions effective? Jermaine Haughton finds out...  »
Back to the source of proprietary code laws
A recent appeal in a software trade-secrets case has lessons in store both for the legal interpretation and corporate management of the source code behind internal systems, writes Matt Packer...  »