Jason Nathu

Telephones, Apps and the Law. How legal is VOIP?

The telephone and mobile marketplace is a competitive one, both locally and internationally. Brands like Flow, bmobile and Digicel are constantly offering additional ‘value’ services…

Technology

Consent in the Digital Age

Are you planning to have sex tonight? There’s an app for that. And no, this isn’t a post about dating or hookup apps like Tinder, Grindr or…

Continuing Legal Education, Education, Technology

The Law and Information Security

I must express my sincerest appreciation to Mr. Shiva Bissessar for inviting me to speak with his students in the course Information System Security, Ethics and Law,…

Criminal, Law Made Simple, Real Estate and Property

Offence of Abstracting Electricity

A UK man was recently arrested on suspicion of ‘abstracting electricity’, after charging his iPhone on a London Overground train. But did you know that…

Continuing Legal Education

Get Up, Stand Up. For Music in Trinidad and Tobago

“Get up, stand up. For music.” is the theme of World Intellectual Property Day, 2015. When Bob Marley and the Wailers laid down the opening…

Business, Intellectual Property, Law Made Simple

Carnival, Photographs and Rights

As the Merry Monarch reigns over the next few days, hundreds of persons, including both masqueraders and spectators will be photographing the ‘Greatest Show On Earth’….