Even the least observant are bound to notice a new look to the magazine. We have redesigned and now celebrate the fact that the world is enriched by colour. I am delighted to welcome a new design from Ken Planter and hope that we can do it justice with articles of matching vibrancy. For those…
John Yates explains how “fun” and ” IT law” will go together at the SCL Conference to be held in Bath on 14th and 15th November….
Chris Wakerley, principal consultant at business improvement company Boxwood Group, looks at benefits realisation….
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Jeremy Holt of Clark Holt has compiled a checklist of points to be considered before a commercial message is sent to a target….
Paul Barton and Viv Nissanka of Field Fisher Waterhouse’s IT & E-Commerce Group discuss the legal risks and potential liabilities involved in publishing a “blog” for a business….
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On a day in March this year, Amazon found itself under public scrutiny when its UK site – www.Amazon.co.uk – displayed a pricing error on iPaq PDAs, offering the product for sale at £7.32, when its normal retail price is £192. By 11 am that same day, the site was flooded with requests for iPaqs….
Although originally drafted at the start of the year (as a result of research into law firm IT) the relevance of this article by Alistair Morrison has recently been confirmed by the publication of a Law Society investigation into ITC in small to medium-sized firms. (Research Study 46 – see www.research.lawsociety.org.uk.) The Society’s report, like this paper, highlights problems facing such firms. This article additionally suggests some potential avenues of relief. Most practitioners and commentators now accept that IT is not an optional extra, and may indeed hold the only route to future profitability. The purpose of this article is to suggest a way in which the necessity which is IT can be made less awkward for small law firms….
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Angus Hamilton contemplates the legality of live streamed video containing sexual activity in the UK….
Dr Rosanna Cooper looks at proposed changes to the UK Patents Act 1977 and reviews the current law on employee inventors….
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Sam’s song. I missed writing about the issue before last which was packed with IT contract cases. One of the most interesting comments was Richard Stephens on SAM v Hedley, a case which looked at the legal status of bugs in software, the effect of “entire agreement” clauses and the validity of limitation of liability…