Geneva Internet Platform Launches: Neutral Ground For Net Governance
With yesterday’s launch of the new Geneva Internet Platform, global internet governance stakeholders have a new venue for neutral engagement.
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Warning! You Are Being Watched.
The explosive growth of technology in recent years has given governments, intelligence agencies and big businesses, like Google and Facebook, monitoring tools to create a new empire of Big Brother. People have never been more scrutinised at any other time in human history than they are today. This naturally begs the question: does the right to privacy still exist?
Book Analyses Chinese IP And Technology Laws
The recently published book “Chinese Intellectual Property and Technology Laws” provides the “first” overview of Chinese IP and technology law, supported by extensive legal, historical and socioeconomic background to developments in these areas.
EU Data Retention Directive Declared In Violation Of EU Law
European data retention has to be rolled back after a clear judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg today.
The highest EU Court ruled that the directive which obliges telecommunication providers to collect and store communication traffic and location data for up to 2 years, depending on the implementation in the member states, is invalid.
ICANN Puts Off Decision On .Vin And .Wine
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to take more time to review applications to grant two internet domains related to delicate political subject of ... wine.
UK Issues New Regulations On Copyright Collecting Societies
The United Kingdom has issued new regulations for collecting societies that it says clarify the licensing of copyrighted materials.
Google Wins Domain Case Against “Googleglass” Website
Google has successfully defended its Google Glass name in an internet domain dispute in Europe, reported by the World Intellectual Property Organization today.
University Of Geneva Internet L@w Summer School In June
The University of Geneva is launching an Internet l@w summer school which will take place from June 16 to June 27, 2014.
The Internet l@w summer school offers the opportunity to learn and discuss internet law and policies with experts from leading institutions including the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, the Internet Society, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the World Economic Forum (WEF), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as from other prestigious academic or governmental institutions and global internet companies (eBay and Google).
Topics to be covered include privacy and surveillance, free speech, telecom and internet infrastructure, intellectual property, antitrust, choice of court & choice of law, on-line contracts, consumer protection, legal issues of social media and cloud computing.
The website of the Internet l@w summer school is: www.internetlaw-geneva.ch
Registration deadline: May 15, 2014 (early bird: April 15).
European Parliament Backs Net Neutrality
The European Parliament today decided to clearly limit network operators' possibilities to treat selected services differently for purely economic reasons.
EU Wrestles With Procedure For Signing Marrakesh Treaty For Visually Impaired
The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the European Union recently approved a compromise proposal by the Greek presidency, setting up a decision on the EU Council’s signing later this month of the Marrakesh Treaty on access to books for blind and visually impaired persons. However, some EU members raised that the treaty lies within a shared competency between the EU and its member states.