Abortive IT Projects – Clearing up the Mess
What happens when an IT project is cancelled? Clive Freedman and David Quest look at the legal issues and the rights and liabilities of the parties….
Intellectual Property
UCITA – The Storm to Come for Software Licencees
Last year, in the United States, the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) was passed at a federal level. At the time of writing,it had been adopted in two states and will be in force in Maryland from 1October of this year. It is expected that other states will shortly follow suit.Kit Burden and Creole Palmer explain what you need to know about it….
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The Tangled Web: Human Rights Sources on The Web
The Scottish Group (now the Scottish Society for Computers and Law) has chosen the theme of Human Rights and IT as the common thread running through the main part of its 2000/2001 series of meetings….
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Web Site Development and Hosting Agreements
Nigel Miller points out the main areas of concern in drafting Web site agreements – a sticky and almost precedent-free area….
Digital Rights Management
Digital Rights Management is hot, and important. You need to know about it as a consumer of content which is copyright protected – law publishers are moving in this direction….
Calling ASPADE ASPADE
Hazel Raw and John Kilbey ‘grasp the ASP’, and explain what to consider in creating an ASP contract….
The Patentability of Computer Software in Europe
Patent protection for computer software is impossible in the UK and Europe? A gross oversimplification. Tim Rickard explains the true position and gives his insight into the practicalities….
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Protection and Use of Trade Marks and Other Distinctive Signs
Dr Rosanna Cooper CChem MRSC discusses the recent SCT draft Guidelines in the light of the issues surrounding the global use of signs on the Internet….
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Recent Developments in German Internet Law
Dr Oliver Zander of Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener provides a brief guide to recent developments in Germany….
Distance Selling and German Law
The German Distance Selling Act (hereinafter: ‘DSA’) has finally been adopted by both chambers of the German parliament and most parts of the DSA came into effect on 30 June 2000. Clemens T. Steins of Baker &McKenzie’s Frankfurt Office explains all….