Predictions 2015: Another Varied Selection
Here is the fourth set of predictions from our expert contributors….
Intellectual Property
When Will Google Remove Google Spain?
David Chaplin reflects on his experience of dealing with a de-listing notice, and contemplates the wider implications for publishers and seekers after information…
Software Patents: Court of Appeal Ruling
In a recent judgment, the Court of Appeal has supported the refusal of a patent for a computer process…
Reviewing the Article 29 Opinion on IoT
The Article 29 Working Party has weighed in with an Opinion on the Internet of Things. Paul Gershlick reviews the Working Party’s work, welcomes it so far as it goes but finds it wanting…
Patent Trolls and the New EU Patent Regime
Tom Phipps considers whether the patent troll, a real risk to innovation in the USA, might come and lurk under the bridges around the EU’s new unitary patent regime…
Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill Published
The controversial Bill and related documents are now available….
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Web Sites, Jurisdiction and Copyrighted Pornographic Pictures
The High Court has ruled in a copyright claim concerning content on a web site relating to ‘escorts’ and, most interestingly, has turned its attention to the issue of whether a web site was targeted at the UK…
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SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law Programme – A-Z of Data Protection in the IT World
Alexander de Gaye reports on the seventh module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, an event held at Fieldfisher on Wednesday 5 November 2014…
The Successful Management of Delay in IT Outsourcing Contracts
Clive Davies is concerned that relief event regimes in outsourcing contracts are not having the desired effect and that they may sometimes turn projects that are delayed into projects that are destroyed…
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Google Keywords: Interflora v M & S – Back to Square One?
The Court of Appeal has detected errors in the judgment of Arnold J that backed Interflora’s claim against Marks and Spencer and has remitted the case for a further hearing…
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