The impact of Bilski on the Spatial Community

The Supreme Court recently issued its decision on the Bilski v. Kappos patent case. The decision has been widely discussed in the legal c...

Google Street View: Are We Looking At It The Right Way?

Google Street View has received a great deal of attention since it was introduced in May 2007. Much of this attention has been negative, as ...

Directions Media Spatial Law and Policy Webinar

On June 29, Directions Media is hosting a webinar on Spatial Law and Policy. The three main topics to be addressed will be privacy, data q...

Spatial Data Infrastructures - More Than A Directive

Recently, I have been doing some work on the legal and policy framework necessary to develop a spatial data infrastructure (SDI). These ar...

BP, the Gulf Oil Spill and Spatial Law

The Gulf oil spill is having an impact on a number of matters related to spatial law. First, the incident itself shows the potential consequ...

June 6 Intellectual Property Update

Apologies for the delay in posting - I have been on extended engagement in Abu Dhabi and posting was more difficult than I thought it woul...