One of the world's outstanding cyberlaw jurists of our times Pavan Duggal has done pioneering work in the area of Mobile Law has given a Defination of Mobile Law.
"Mobile Law refers to the emerging legal discipline and jurisprudence that impacts, pertains to, is associated with or has a bearing upon complicated legal issues concerning mobiles, communication devices of any kind whatsoever, mobile phones, mobile networks, mobile platforms, mobile computers and laptops, as also all data, and information, in any form, digital or otherwise, , which is hosted, generated , sent, received or transmitted, in any manner whatsoever, using the said mobile devices and platforms.
The emerging area of mobile law encompasses, within its ambit, complex legal issues and challenges that would impact within the mobile ecosystem, any device, computer, computer system, computer network, computer resource, data or information in the electronic form. Mobile law promises to become a much bigger discipline of law as the world progresses towards increasing penetration , adoption , and usage of mobile devices."
The concept of Mobile Law is a newly emerging concept. It incorporates within its ambit all legal issues pertaining to the use of mobiles, mobile handsets, mobile platforms, communication devices, personal digital assistants and such other devices as also computers, computer systems and computer networks that assist in the communication, transmission, receipt, sending, preserving retention and other related activities pertaining to data and information in the electronic form targeted at mobile devices, communication devices as well as mobiles and mobile handsets. This is an emerging field of a discipline which incorporates within its ambit newly emerging areas pertaining to mobile platforms.
As more and more people across the world are adopting the mobile platforms and as mobile handsets are becoming more and more popular, there are emerging a variety of legal issues pertaining to mobiles and mobile platforms as also data and information connected therewith. This emerging field of legal jurisprudence is known as Mobile Law.
