Luca Rubini from the University of Birmingham informed us about this event, which we reproduce for interested readers. The Microsoft Case: The IT industry and the Future of EC Competition Law Friday 16 May 2008 (4:30 – 6:30 pm) The case: A 2004 Commission Decision and a 2007 Court of Read more
(via Oscar Monezuma) Peru and Chile have been involved in all sorts of disputes over te years, including war, territorial claims, football, and most importantly, pisco. Now a Peruvian woman has added to the often friendly animosity between the two countries by obtaining IP rights in Chile over “la marinera”, Read more
I attended a workshop on Friday in Turin, where I was attending the COMMUNIA workshop entitled Technology and the Public Domain. COMMUNIA is a European thematic network funded under the Econtentplus framework, which “aims at becoming a European point of reference for theoretical analysis and strategic policy discussion of existing Read more
Times Online has a report on new office surveillance software being designed by Microsoft. The software will monitor worker’s performance by wireless sensors that measure “heart rate, body temperature, movement, facial expression and blood pressure.” Even more interesting is the fact that the technology is the subject of a patent Read more
Everyone seems to be talking about the MacBook Air, although you will not see me parting from my 160HDD GB MacBookPro. Incidentally, why do some of Apple’s new devices feel like a downgrade? The 16GB iPod Touch has nothing on my 60GB iPod. Anyway I digress. One of the less Read more
Domain name disputes against cybersquatting are at an all-time high according to data collected by WIPO. I must admit that I found this information rather surprising, as it was my understanding that after an initial period of healthy dispute settlements using ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), the Read more
This topic has little to do with IT Law, but it is part of my growing interest in the use of science for policy-making. This video on YouTube has to be seen to be believed. There is an assumption that growth is good, our economic system relies entirely on steady Read more
Mathias Klang has tagged me with the 7 random things meme. While researching this, I found that there are some rules. These are: Link to the person’s blog who tagged you. Post these rules on your blog. List seven random and or weird facts about yourself. Tag seven random people Read more
The technology media has been filled with the story of the partnership dispute between One Laptop Per Child and Intel. For those unfamiliar with the story, OLPC is a non-profit organisation which produces affordable laptops to be sold to developing countries so that they can be distributed to children. The Read more
The high-definition DVD war may be over as Paramount is set to choose Sony’s Blu-ray format. Earlier in the week, Warner announced that it was going to release its catalogue on Blu-ray, which analysts say pretty much spells the demise of HD-DVD. In my opinion, what really tipped the balance Read more