Three Stone Chambers
3 Stone Buildings
Lincoln's Inn
London WC2A 3XL, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7242 4937
mail@jonathanturner.com
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I have acted in a wide variety of cases relating to IT and telecomms, involving
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intellectual property
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competition and regulatory issues
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data protection
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contractual disputes and negotiations.
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Intellectual property cases have included
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domain name disputes such as fcuk.com, victor888.com, bernardmatthews.co.uk, arsenalfc.co.uk, KCTS.com, lanware.info, brahmakumaris.info, business.co.uk, bounce.co.uk, numberone.com, myspace.co.uk, wiseinsurance.co.uk, sussexsafetywear.com/co.uk, trucklife.com/co.uk, domainregistry.biz and many other cases
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infringement of copyright in the use of photographs on the internet (Antiquesportfolio.com v Fitch)
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passing off in relation to branding of ISP products (World Online v Iomart - Freedom 24)
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false first-mover claims (Localtel v Greatxscape).
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I am also a WIPO and Czech Arbitration Court panelist for domain name disputes.
Competition and regulatory matters have concerned
In the field of data protection I have advised on
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the marketing of additional services by utilities
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the export of data outside Europe
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surveillance of internet usage by employees and
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arrangements for market surveys.
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I have acted in many contractual disputes relating to the supply of computer systems, typically involving
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differences as to what requirements were specified
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whether the requirements were met and
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the validity of exclusion and limitation clauses.
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Other issues have included the scope of licences and the duties of website designers (Antiquesportfolio v Fitch). I have also advised in and conducted negotiations for substantial IT contracts.
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