March 1, 2010

The Law Protecting Online Service Providers

Can an Online Service Provider be held liable for illegal activities that occur by users on their service?  In the US, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act provides an...

March 5, 2010

Website Contract in Context, to be released on 23 March, fills a gap in the market for legal advice for small businesses setting up or extending their online presence. In conjunction with SEO Contract in Context, which is available...

March 6, 2010

In my article on Web 2.0 and online reputation monitoring  I discussed the potentially serious implications arising from the fact that online content is widely accessible on the internet to millions of people around the...

March 9, 2010

Shireen Smith will be speaking on branding and reputation monitoring at this conference, which adopts a highly practical approach to commercial and topical issues in intellectual property law, ranging from how far does a commercial...

March 23, 2010

Azrights Launch Website Contract in Context: Helping Small Businesses Get the Right Frills, and the Right Skills… and Smaller Bills

Azrights Solicitors announce the launch of their new on-line multimedia product, Website...

March 30, 2010

World Intellectual Property Day is an annual occasion held on the 26th of April, the anniversary marking the date on which the Convention establishing the Word Intellectual Property Organisation came into force in 1970.

The...

April 13, 2010

Amidst opposition within Parliament, considerable protest from thousands, and condemnation from some of the most respected companies in the world, the Digital Economy Bill was made law last week, becoming the Digital Economy Act.

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April 20, 2010

Charity and Brand Reputation
According to the Charity Commission, there are 179,320 registered charities in England and Wales, with a combined income of £51,500,000,000. Charity is big business, and as with all business, it...

May 4, 2010

Globalisation has given the possibility to think further afield. Not only in terms of selling products abroad and market expansion but also in terms of outsourcing work abroad to cut costs, (offshoring). The beginning part of the last...

May 10, 2010

Jon Bloor over at the Peninsula blog raises an interesting question about communicating your social media policy in contracts.  We would all do well to think about this subject regularly because social media is in its...

May 18, 2010

 A controversial subject for some, copyright infringement has become a more common conversation topic as peer-to-peer networks, and widespread high speed broadband, have made it easy for members of the public to find, download,...