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Internet Service Providers: Mere conduits of data, or gatekeepers to the threshold of cybercrime?
What role do ISPs play in ensuring a safe and secure online environment?
What happens when an end-user subscriber to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) causes harm or injury to an unsuspecting third party? What recourse does the victim have? Is the current...Read more

Melanie Jose
Legal Counsel, Telstra Corporation, Australia
Emerging Technologies - Are Regulators, Industry and Their Legal Advisors Ready?
We live in an exciting age. Advances in technology are coming at a pace, and having an impact on every-day life, unrivalled since the beginning of the 20th century. At...Read more
Diane Rodgers
General Counsel, AIG Canada, Canada
Cyber Security: A Practical Viewpoint

Not a day goes by without a new cybersecurity hack which can threaten the very existence of the company concerned. Cybersecurity has shot up the list of concerns of...Read more
Nicolas Grunder
Group Head Legal, Software and IT, Abb, Switzerland

Iain Jacobs
Managing Director, The Contract Centre, Switzerland
A Study of Data-Mining in University Libraries
As University Libraries transform their role from passive data collection to a more active exploration and exploitation of information, they face a serious challenge: how can they handle a massive...Read more

Sangita Purohit
Head Library, Ahmedabad University, India
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Content in Africa: The Coming Storm?
The mobile phone (and the smart phone, in particular) is increasingly displacing other mediums as a way to channel content. Given the growth and importance of the telecommunications industry in...Read more

Akbar Hussain
Sr. Legal Manager - Africa, Airtel Africa, Kenya
Managing Open Source Agreements and Licenses


Open Source Software (OSS) is generally software wherein the source code is available, downloadable without cost, can be modified, and the modifications are distributable. Thus, OSS provides an alternative and...Read more
Teddy Chen
Director of IP and Assoc. General Counsel , EMC Corporation, USA

Kevin Perkins
Director, Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property, EMC Corporation, USA
Joseph D'Angelo
Attorney, EMC Corporation, USA
Voice over the Internet: Inter-carrier Compensation Issues Create Challenges for US In-house Lawyers
This article discusses regulatory issues in the USA surrounding how telecommunications carriers compensate each other for terminating voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calls. Because VoIP calls originate on a software...Read more

Ted Price
Associate General Counsel, Level 3 Communications, Inc., USA
Performing a Preliminary Assessment of Patentability for a New Invention: Guidelines For Non-Patent Lawyers
Having an effective technology evaluation and patenting strategy in place may be critical
to the growth of a company or to prevent a company from losing its competitive edge.
When an invention...Read more

Rodney Sparks
Senior Biotechnology Patent Counsel, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA
The future of the legal advisor - impact of technology
The modern law office is an amazing place when compared to the law office of the past.
If we go back only a little way, the modern law office may well...Read more

Ian McDougall
EVP & General Counsel, LexisNexis, USA