ICANN sued by unsuccessful new gTLD applicant
ICANN has been sued by the disgruntled new gTLD applicant DotConnectAfrica, in order to prevent the delegation of .AFRICA to its rival applicant ZA Central Registry, reports Hogan Lovells. ... Read the full post ...
Australian court finds non-infringing the use of competitor’s trade mark for AdWords
The Federal Court of Australia has held that it is not an infringement of a competitor’s registered trade mark: (i) to use the trade mark as a keyword for triggering a Google AdWords sponsored link, or (ii) to use the trade mark in the text of the sponsored link in its descriptive sense. In Veda ... Read the full post ...
Five key take-aways from ICANN 55 meeting in Marrakesh
For a summary of the key outcomes of the 55th meeting of ICANN in Marrakesh, March 2016, see this Mayer Brown report. ... Read the full post ...
South Australia proposes law for breach of privacy in digital era
The SA Law Reform Institute is recommending the State’s Government establish a civil law, with a public interest test, to cover serious invasions of privacy in the digital era. According to the Institute’s Report, it is unlikely that a common law privacy action will emerge through the courts in Australia in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, ... Read the full post ...
Australian State of NSW to go it alone on a tort of privacy?
In an unexpected and controversial move, a New South Wales parliamentary report recommends that the State ‘take the lead’ by introducing a statutory cause of action for serious invasions of privacy, reports Allens. ... Read the full post ...
ICANN Marrakesh meeting reaches milestone for IANA transition
The Board of ICANN has sent a package of proposals to the US government which, if approved, will see ICANN become the manager of the registries for domain names, IP addresses and protocol parameters essential for the functioning of the global internet, reports IP Watch. ... Read the full post ...
Governments agree to ICANN accountability proposals, giving green light for IANA transition
Governments at the ICANN 55 meeting in Marrakesh have agreed to not object to the final proposal on enhancing ICANN accountability, clearing the way for handover from the US Department of Commerce to ICANN of the management of the central root zone of the domain name system, reports IP Watch. ... Read the full post ...
Expectations for success of IANA transition
The 55th meeting of ICANN in Marrakesh this week is expected to finalise the last proposal necessary for the transition of the IANA responsibilities, reports IP Watch. ... Read the full post ...
Using a VPN to access geo-blocked streaming service may not infringe copyright
Legal experts around the world say the law is unclear as to whether getting around geo-blocks to access restricted content actually constitutes copyright infringement, reports Bloomberg BNA. ... Read the full post ...
Panel discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and the law
The Melbourne Law School’s Science and Technology Law Association and the Victorian Society for Computers & the Law are co-hosting a seminar on “Do we need laws for AI?” Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 6:30pm to 8:00pm Join us in room G08 at Melbourne Law School for a panel discussion on the regulation of artificial intelligence systems. Panelists for this event are cyberlaw professor Andrew ... Read the full post ...
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