As Neil Cameron puts it ‘I had promised you, the readers, and the Editor, a follow-up to my initial review of Microsoft Windows XP. And you will get it – I promise. However, my attention has been diverted by the new Jornada 568 running Pocket Windows 2002; and so that is what you get this month. This review was entirely written in what passes for my handwriting on a Jornada 568 Pocket PC – graphics were added later.’…
John McKinlay looks at the particular issues to be considered in negotiating and advising on software development contracts in the games industry. John acts for VIS Entertainment plc, developers of the chart-topping State of Emergency game….
e-learning is an important and growing area for e-commerce lawyers. James Humphrey-Evans discusses some of the issues involved….
Andrew Katz of Moorcrofts reviews Virtual Monopoly, by Dr Christopher G Pike, published 2001 by Nicholas Brealey Publishing (£19.99)….
The recent EGM saw some major management and constitutional changes which enhance the SCL’s ability to implement its new strategy. New Trustees have also been appointed….
Of all the clauses in IT contracts, limitations of liability usually attract the most attention. This is not altogether surprising; IT systems are frequently of a ‘business critical’ nature, such that defects or defaults in performance can often give rise to significant losses, which will equally often be out of proportion to the levels of fees. Kit Burden of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert focuses on the Horace Holman case and re-evaluates its importance….
Paul Randle of Pictons reviews the cases, including the recent case of Sony v Edmunds, and the Copyright Directive. Is there enough protection in law, or is copy protection a better answer….
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Jeremy Warner of Biggart Baillie examines the latest developments in software licensing. He considers in particular the effect Softman v Adobe might have in influencing the relationship between the software industry and end users….
Richard Harrison looks at the advance of e-mail and the problems it presents for dispute resolution procedures. He explains the need to be alert to prevent apparently comprehensive disclosure, in lists produced with the aid of technology, from pulling “the wool over the eyes of understanding”….
Rico Calleja takes a look at a domain name case, Radio Taxicabs (London) Ltd v Owner Drivers Radio Taxi Services Ltd…