Articles

Rainer Allitsch
Data Retention on the Internet
A measure with one foot offside?

John Beardwood
Tea Leaves and Goat Entrails: A Review of the Privacy Commissioner's Significant Findings under New Canadian Privacy Legislation


Case Law

Copyright Law does not trump Contract Law
Harold L. Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decision issued on 20th August 2002

No Patent on the Internet
British Telecommunications PLC v. Prodigy Communications Corporation
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Summary Judgement granted on 22nd August 2002


Updates

Tjeerd F.W. Overdijk
Netherlands: No "Spin-Off" Defence against Online Databases

Ian Lloyd
UK: No Patent on the Internet

Alain Strowel/Erik Daems
Belgium: ".be", e-Signature and e-ID-Card

Rolf H. Weber
Switzerland: Criminal Liability for Links

David von Dadelszen
New Zealand: Commerce Commission's Activities

Stanley Lai
Singapore: Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy