The Art of the Agile Deal
Many lawyers are ignorant of, or obviously uncomfortable with, the concepts underpinning agile. Nathan Evans helps with understanding those concepts and shares some of his insights gained from negotiating agile deals…
Intellectual Property
Professional Negligence Claims arising out of GDPR
Inevitably it will transpire that mistakes will have been made by professionals giving (often very expensive) guidance on GDPR compliance. Their clients will want to consider whether a claim for professional negligence can be made. In this article Neil Hext QC, Stephen Innes and Helen Evans of 4 New Square discuss some of the issues which are likely to arise in such claims….
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Software Lock and Injunction Refusal
An intriguing High Court judgment on an application for an injunction requiring a software supplier to provide access to business software from which the customer was locked out following an alleged breach of contract…
Human Rights Judgment on Accessing IP Address Information
According to the European Court of Human Rights, police accessing subscriber information associated with a dynamic IP address breached a suspect’s human rights by failing to obtain a court order prior to access…
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Talking Tech Law
SCL has been asking key figures from the tech law sector to answer five questions and posting their responses on its Facebook page. Their responses give an interesting insight into how they got their start and where they see the profession going and may provide some inspiration for those considering working in this area of law. In this, the first of a series that will appear in the magazine, we hear from Mark O’Conor, Sue McLean, Simon Deane-Johns and Neil Brown….
The ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Ruling: High Court Judgment on Delisting
Iain Wilson gives us his in-depth analysis of NT1 and NT2 v Google Inc, where the delisting of search engine results was sought and which provides the first English decision on the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’…
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High Court Judgment on FRAND Forum in Telecoms Dispute
Tristan Sherliker reports on a High Court ruling in Conversant v ZTE that England is ‘clearly the most appropriate forum’ for a FRAND dispute…
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Supply of Software not Sale of Goods
Zoe O’Sullivan QC summarises the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Computer Associates UK Ltd v The Software Incubator Ltd…
B2B Communications: A Welcome ICO Turnaround
Gemma Briance and Geoffrey Sturgess reflect on a change in guidance that affects business-to-business marketing…
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Court of Appeal Judgment on Downloaded Software
A new judgment in the Court of Appeal has addressed the issue of the status of downloaded software and, in particular, whether such software could be classified as ‘goods’…
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