Use of Domain Names is Passing Off - UK Decision

In Lifestyle Management Ltd v Frater, a former agent of Lifestyle Management Ltd has been found by the UK High Court, on an application for an interim injunction, to have committed acts of passing off by pointing certain domain names to websites that closely resembled his former principal's website.

See also this case note.

Keywords abuse - damages of $292,000

A law firm specialising in disability claims was awarded $292,000 by a California court, because of a competitor’s use of its mark as a Google AdWord.

See Binder v. Disability Group

Article: A Game Changer?

Domain Name Decision

Recent domain name decision regarding bad faith.

Prime Pictures v. DigiMedia

The Law Firm of the Future

An interesting article about legal services.

Also, an article about Twitter and law firms.

Internet Law Resource Centre

BNA has launched its Internet Law Resource Centre. It costs a heap of money, but there is a 15 day free trial.

Manipulating Google Search Results

The NY Times has a very good story about how JC Penney manipulated Google search engine results. Google did not catch this until the NYT pointed this out. Once Google decided to act, Google manually changed the results. For many searches, JC Penny went from 1st place to about 75th place.

See Search Optimisation and Its Dirty Little Secrets.

See also Search Engine Optimisation to Lure Readers

Google and Charity

Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy. See NY Times story.

LWN117 Offered in Semester 1, 2011

Cyberlaw and Policy LWN117 will be offered in first semester 2011 at QUT. See course details.

Is Law School A Losing Game?

See this story from the U.S. To what extent is the situation the same in Australia?

Online Surveys

See SMH