E-commerce
Pinsent Masons' position as the leading provider of IT legal advice, data protection and privacy advice has allowed it to move smoothly into the areas of e-business and new media, since the law relating to global data flows is essential for any e-business transaction.Our specialist team advises a wide range of businesses ranging from ISPs and developers to traditional businesses trading or communicating electronically. Our services cover regulatory as well as commercial and contentious advice. We are one of the few firms with experience of gaming software and the preparation of online casinos and betting agreements.
OUT-LAW.COM, the firm's on-line service for IT news and information, has been acclaimed as the leading e-business legal web site in the UK and has won several legal industry awards. The web site offers guides on all aspects of law relating to IT, e-business and new media and a daily news service, and is accompanied by a rolling seminar series. The service is used by suppliers and users of technology in both the private and public sectors as a means of keeping up to date with developments in law that affects online business.
Recent experience:
- AOL – advising on a range of significant contracts, including network agreements, content agreements, anti-virus software and firewall distribution agreements, and the procurement of call-centre solutions www.aol.com
- Anthropics - Representing Anthropics in relation to a wide range of agreements with mobile telecoms service providers and handset manufacturers in relation to the development and exploitation of picture messaging technologies www.anthropics.com
- Bank of Ireland – advising the Bank in relation to the formation of its offshore internet bank. Legal and regulatory advice included: e-commerce terms and conditions, EU directives affecting internet banking and UK best practice and draft legislation affecting internet banking www.boifsharp.com
- Streamshield – advising a subsidiary of a major software house in respect of its creation of the world's first integrated managed content security service for web and email. We advised on service contracts, third party software licenses and customer terms for this cutting edge product group www.streamshield.com
- Video Arts – advising this leading interactive distance learning business on its standard terms and conditions, its international reseller and distributorship agreements, licensing of material to and by the business and intellectual property issues including its trade mark portfolio and on all aspects of its business www.videoarts.co.uk
- Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) – advising on all aspects of its membership agreements, licensing of its databases, intellectual property and employment issues www.iwf.org.uk
- Origo Services Limited – acting for this standards body for the UK life assurance industry in the UK and a number of representatives of the life and pensions industry on a standard legal framework. The framework addresses the contractual, security and data protection issues concerning the on-line transfer of data between financial services companies and IFAs through third party service providers and portals
- Aqua Group – advising on its gaming business, and producing contracts for the supply of casino software, back office and web hosting services for casinos and progressive jackpot agreements
