Attorney General’s Warning on Online Contempt
The Attorney General is to warn Facebook and Twitter users about contempt of court…
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Intellectual Property
No Copyright in Software Functionality – SAS v WPL Final Chapter
David Cran and Adam Cusworth look back on the long-running dispute in SAS v WPL and analyse the recent culminating judgment of Lewison LJ in the Court of Appeal…
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Software Asset Management
Mark Flynn looks at how a law firm used software asset management as a tool in optimising licence use and protecting against the reputational damage that might flow from breach of licence terms…
Agile Contracting: The K03
Tom Holsøe and Mia Thulstrup Gedbjerg describe the genesis and characteristics of a new Danish standard contract for long-term IT projects based on an
agile method…
Predictions 2014: Batch 1
The Christmas music has been in the shops for weeks and a Christmas card has been received so it must be time for the SCL Predictions to begin. In strict alphabetical order, and in a complete reversal of the Christmas song, we begin with 12 lords (and ladies) a leaping: Kit Burden, Jan Durant, Beverley Flynn, Paul Gershlick, Andrew Haslam, Tom Hiskey, Stewart James, Daniel Pollick, Joe Reevy, John Salmon, Callum Sinclair and Peter Sommer…
Advocate General Approves Use of Blocking Injunctions
An Advocate General’s Opinion has been published in a case seeking ECJ guidance on the use of injunctions to make ISPs block copyright infringing web sites…
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E-disclosure Headaches: Case Study in Pain Relief
Damian Murphy offers a case study, based on real experiences, which demonstrates how e-disclosure problems might be solved by judicious use of referrals to those with relevant expertise. But the process he follows, and the insights into the ‘e-disclosure battlefield’ that he offers, will be of interest to many engaged in this area, and especially to the many fearing future engagement in it….
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Court of Appeal Judgment in SAS v WPL
The Court of Appeal has dismissed the SAS appeal against the ruling of Arnold J in the High Court. But the comments on the High Court judgment and the reasoning behind it are of real interest….
Private Investigators Convicted of Unlawfully Obtaining Personal Information
Two men who ran a company that tricked organisations into revealing personal details about customers were found guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act on 20 November….
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Nominet Consultations and Mince Pies
Nominet is going ahead with its plans for shorter domain names, although a consultation appears to have produced a two-thirds majority against. I am sure that they wanted it realIy….