Tagged: Legal & News
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When a meme just isn't funny – man with Down Syndrome sues over use of his photo News
03.05.2013 A US-based man with Down Syndrome is suing a radio station, an internet company and another individual for US$18m after a photo of him taken nine years ago became an internet meme. -
DCU reveals new fast track patents for entrepreneurs – plans to take 1pc of royalties News
26.04.2013 To coincide with World Intellectual Property Day, Dublin City University (DCU) is embarking on a fast-track DCU Licence Express Scheme to make selected patent innovations... -
New e-discovery guide to help IT pros in gathering electronic evidence News
17.04.2013 IT and legal professionals faced with trawling through masses of digital information as part of the legal discovery process or for internal HR disputes can now refer to a new... -
Tech start-up of the week: Search4less News
14.04.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Search4less.ie, a new online business information service that’s aiming to disrupt the online company search space by pushing out relevant... -
Aspiring entrepreneurs to head to Cork for Startup Weekend News
29.03.2013 University College Cork will be the setting for Cork’s first ever Startup Weekend next week, as coders, self-starters, designers, marketers and business minds will be teaming up... -
Firms urged to quash cyberbullying in the workplace News
11.03.2013 Law firm McDowell Purcell has urged companies to clamp down on cyberbullying in the workplace and has warned that unlimited access to Facebook and Twitter by employees carries a... -
IBM wraps up StoredIQ acquisition News
07.02.2013 Technology giant IBM has completed its acquisition of information management firm StoredIQ for an undisclosed sum. -
Google cites an increase in governments demanding citizen data News
24.01.2013 Google’s latest transparency report has shown a steady increase in government and law agency requests around the world for their citizens’ data. -
Legal pressures contributed to death of internet activist Aaron Swartz News
14.01.2013 The legal and financial pressures of a potential public trial are understood to have contributed to internet activist Aaron Swartz’s death at the weekend. The internet freedom... -
Twitter defamation first may be the tip of the iceberg News
09.01.2013 Yesterday’s Twitter defamation victory for Declan Ganley over blogger Kevin Barrington may only be the start of a number of such cases as official and public resolve hardens...Categories: Social Media, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Instagram to ‘eliminate the confusion’ – will update language in terms of use News
19.12.2012 Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom has responded to the outcry to its new terms of use, promising to eliminate the confusion. “We’ve heard loud and clear that many users are confused...Categories: Web, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Marketing, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps -
UK student Richard O’Dwyer avoids jail in US over copyright infringement News
07.12.2012 Richard O’Dwyer. A 24-year-old UK student who faced extradition to the US over alleged copyright infringement through his website TVShack.com has escaped a 10-year jail term... -
High Court grants orders to identify firm’s anonymous online accusers News
29.11.2012 The High Court has granted court orders to an Irish-based oil exploration company allowing it to seek the identity of people who allegedly posted defamatory material on... -
HP vows legal action against Mike Lynch and Autonomy employees News
28.11.2012 Tech giant HP has rebuffed a request by Autonomy founder Mike Lynch for transparency on alleged financial impropriety regarding its US$10bn-plus acquisition of his company and...Categories: Software, Mergers & Acquisitions, Legal, Leadership & Management, Financial Results, Financial -
Google ordered to pay AUD$200,000 for defamation in search results News
12.11.2012 A court in Australia has ruled in favour of a man who claimed he was defamed by Google’s search results, which linked him to a notorious figure in the Melbourne drug trade,... -
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... -
OPINION – Authors vs Google – search giant may yet win the right to scan the world’s knowledge News
13.10.2012 Google wants to scan and publish all the books in the world. But this ambitious goal has met with opposition from authors and publishers guilds in the US and Europe. Now, in the... -
Openet wins summary judgment in patents case filed by Amdocs News
02.10.2012 Dublin-headquartered telecoms software company Openet has won a summary judgment in a US court in a lawsuit filed by software and services giant Amdocs. The court found that... -
Digital evidence to get forensic treatment in wake of Apple and Samsung patent battles News
17.09.2012 Digital evidence and its use in Ireland’s courts system is the focus of a conference taking place next month. E-Discovery Ireland is slated for Friday, 26 October, at the Four... -
Apple adds Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 10.1 to list of devices it wants banned in US News
03.09.2012 Apple has updated its complaint against Samsung’s infringement on its patents in a second court case to be held in California. The latest additions bring the count up to 21...