Information Technology and Telecoms

The EU’s highest court has given an important decision on the scope of copyright protection for computer software.

Oracle is a licensor of software, of which a large proportion is obtained through download.

On April 25, 2012, District Judge Carter upheld United States Magistrate Judge Peck’s opinion in Da Silva Moore v Publicis Groupe et al.

Do you remember the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer issue? In what was said by the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench to be the only Y2K insurance claim ever brought in Canada and the only one then remaining to be resolved in North America.

The first five years of the 21st century have been both arduous and productive for the global technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry and its CEOs.

From 1991, by adopting the new Constitution, Romania has begun to consolidate a real market economy based on principles of the state of law guaranteeing the right of property irrespective of the owner. The transition from a centralized to a market economy is a complex process requiring radical changes in all fields of activity, but first of all in the economic field, Romania has made remarkable steps and has succeeded in reaching international and, in particular, European standard.

A private member’s bill was recently introduced in the Ontario Legislative Assembly to amend the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Act) so it would apply to documents that create or transfer interests in land. Bill 96, the Electronic Commerce Amendment Act, 2012, is directed towards facilitating the use of electronic signatures in real estate transactions.

When marketing and selling goods and electronic services to Norwegian customers your business must ensure that your e-commerce is in compliance with applicable legislation.

Facebook's recent market debut in the US raises comparisons in the NZ context with Trade Me's IPO in November 2011.

On 7 February 2007, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released guidelines relating to its new enforcement powers introduced by the Communications Legislation Amendment (Enforcement Powers) Act 2006.

The Pirate Bay (TPB) is a Swedish website that links to online copies of music, films, and software – anything that can be easily copied and distributed online.

In December 2012, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) announced a new guideline on behavioural advertising.