Categorised as: Legal Eagle & News
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US senator deems Ireland the ‘Holy Grail of tax avoidance’ following Apple investigation News
21.05.2013 A hearing will take place in the US Senate today to examine the strategies employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore in order to avoid taxes.... -
Facebook relies on social reporting and user education to beat the bullies News
22.02.2013 Connecting more than 1bn people in the world and enabling them to share their information and views is a lofty goal that is going to come with its share of problems. But the... -
New start-up aims to bring Ireland’s legal profession into digital age News
05.11.2012 LegalPanda.ie is a new Irish website that’s aiming to be an online hub for Ireland’s legal profession. The site features a legal directory of qualified solicitors across... -
#ESOF2012 – ‘We are in the digital age of biology’: Dr J Craig Venter News
13.07.2012 Last night things came full circle at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), as one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of genomic research, Dr J Craig Venter, gave a lecture... -
Tech start-up of the week: Cernam News
25.03.2012 Our tech start-up of the week is Cernam, a new spin-in based at NovaUCD that is pioneering technologies to change the face of digital evidence and forensics in the web space. -
Dublin to host international Science Hack Day 2012 News
08.02.2012 Dublin is gearing up to be the sixth city in the world to host an international Science Hack Day after London, San Francisco, Mexico City, Cincinnati and Cape Town. Running from...Categories: Science, R&D, Legal Eagle, Internet, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Digital Media -
Lamar Smith decides to postpone SOPA ‘indefinitely’ News
20.01.2012 The lead sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation, Republican Senator Lamar Smith, has revealed he will be postponing a SOPA markup hearing on the bill after...Categories: Servers, Security, Legal Eagle, Legal, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Government -
SOPA’s evil twin PIPA faces defeat in US Senate News
19.01.2012 Just days after the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was shelved in the US Congress, an equally controversial piece of legislation, Protect IP Act (PIPA), that also...Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Digital Business, Digital Media, eCommerce, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal, Legal Eagle, Multimedia -
Apple loses out to Samsung in Australia in global tablet war News
30.11.2011 Samsung Electronics has gleaned a significant victory over Apple today in the tablet battle between the two tech giants, as a court of judges in Australia has today lifted a...Categories: Software & Web Development, Sales, Mobile, Legal Eagle, Legal, Consumer Tech, Computers, Architecture, Apps Zone, Apps -
Samsung seeks iPhone and iPad ban in Europe News
27.09.2011 Korean electronics giant Samsung has retaliated against Apple getting its Galaxy S smartphone banned in certain EU markets by asking a Dutch court to also ban Apple iPhone and...Categories: Computers, Consumer Tech, Hardware, Intellectual Property, Legal, Legal Eagle, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, R&D, Research, Wireless Communications -
Wikileaks threatens to sue The Guardian … over a leak! News
01.09.2011 Until recently Wikileaks and The Guardian newspaper were firm allies. However, Wikileaks has commenced pre-litigation against the newspaper, alleging a Gurdian journalist...Categories: Software & Web Development, Security, Multimedia, Media, Legal Eagle, Legal, Digital Media -
Spotify goes to America, gets sued! News
29.07.2011 European digital music service Spotify, which in recent weeks launched in the US and has close collaborative ties with Facebook, has already become embroiled in a patent suit... -
Weekend news roundup News
27.06.2011 A summary of some of the tech articles in the weekend newspapers, including how e-book publishing is disruptive for the wrong reasons, the future of rail travel, the death of... -
Google faces FTC probe over alleged web dominance News
24.06.2011 Internet giant Google is about to be hit with a number of subpoenas by US federal authorities in what amounts to a broad investigation into whether the company abused its...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Online Business, Marketing, Legal Eagle, Legal, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Telcos, ISPs anxious as digital copyright law changes loom News
22.06.2011 Telcos and ISPs in Ireland have just more than a week left to respond to proposals aimed at changing Ireland’s copyright laws, which they fear could result in controversial... -
Juror faces jail for contacting defendant via Facebook News
15.06.2011 A jury member in the middle of a stg£6m drugs trial in the UK faces up to two years in prison for using Facebook to communicate with one of the defendants.Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Mobility, Legal Eagle, Legal, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Twitter is being sued by a footballer News
20.05.2011 Microblogging site Twitter is being sued by a footballer after users of the service began tweeting his name in connection with an alleged affair with model Imogen Thomas. -
iOS app developers face lawsuit over in-app purchases News
14.05.2011 A Pandora’s Box of legal issues has been opened after it emerged that iOS app developers in the US and UK have been approached by patent licensing firm Lodsys accusing them of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Legal Eagle, Legal, eCommerce, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Apple loses latest patent case against Kodak News
13.05.2011 The International Trade Commission has ruled in Eastman Kodak’s favour deciding that Kodak’s digital camera technology doesn’t violate Apple’s patent rights. -
Publishing via Twitter and Facebook banned in injunction News
13.05.2011 For the first time a high court Judge in the UK has issued an injunction that explicitly bans the publication of information via Twitter or Facebook.Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Legal, Legal Eagle, Social Media, Software & Web Development