Phorm and Computer Misuse Act
Ian Batten
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:00:11 +0000
On 21 Mar 2008, at 20:49, James Firth wrote:
>
> If Phorm were to place a cookie in another domain owner's namespace,
> then
> there is a risk, granted a small risk, of an overlap. My premise is
> that
> the domain owner can reasonably expect to have full control over every
> cookie name under their own domain. On the small chance the real
> domain
> owner wants to use it, for whatever reason, then it will break
> functionality: 3(2)a,b,c CMA satisfied?
If I trademark the name of my website, isn't anyone placing a cookie
in my name at risk of ``passing off''?
ian