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Information Technology Law
Information Technology (IT) Law is a recently emerged area of law that governs the consequences of digital revolution and the wide use of computers and other related technologies as a tool of entertainment, communication and most importantly, commerce.
IT Law is a vast area covering a great variety of issues, which could be divided into the following categories:
Information Technology and Intellectual Property Rights
- Computer Software and copyright
- Databases and copyright
- Computer-generated works and copyright
- Electronic publishing and copyright
- Computer programs, Information technologies and patents
- Domain names, deep-linking and trademarks
- Trademarks, passing-off and trade libel in relation to IT
Computer hardware and designs
- Rights of design in semiconductor products
Computer Contracts
- Electronic or web contracting
- License agreements for software
- Contracts for the acquisition of hardware
- Contracts for software writing or development
- Contracts for web development
- Contracts between software author and publisher
Defective hardware or software
- Product liability
- Negligence
- Negligent misstatement
- Breach of contract
- Criminal liability
Data Protection (and Privacy)
- Rights and remedies of the data subject
- Obligations of the data controller
- Telecommunications and privacy
Websites
- Web terms and conditions
- Privacy policies
- Accessibility requirements
- Data collection
- Direct marketing
- Pricing errors
- Misleading advertising
- Copyright
- Hyperlinks
- Necessary web information
Computer crime
- Hacking
- Computer fraud
- Piracy
- Pornography
- Blackmail
- Attacks or unauthorized interference with computer programs, data or hardware
- Computer evidence and legal admissibility
Our office advises on and represents clients in relation to many of the above issues and prides itself of being one of the first and few law offices in Cyprus possessing expertise in the particular field. C.M.C. Jurisprudentes is also behind the establishment of the Cyprus IT Law Group, a non-profit Group working towards educating lawyers, judges, IT professionals and other interested parties on the particular area of law.
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