A review of the Payment Services Directive by the European Commission provides an opportunity for Simon Deane-Johns to clarify its scope by reference to how the major card schemes actually work….
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According to the Advocate General, creators of computer programs may oppose the resale of ‘used’ licences which allow their programs to be downloaded from the Internet again. However, he suggests that they may not oppose the resale of ‘used’ copies, downloaded by their own customers from the Internet, given that their exclusive right of distribution relating to those copies is ‘exhausted’….
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It has been announced that Microsoft and Facebook have reached an agreement on the sale of some of Microsoft’s recently acquired patens – those bought from AOL…
A recent Internet libel case highlights the extensive reach of ‘immunity’ for information services providers. Laurence Eastham attempts to pick out the more interesting aspects of a 99-paragraph judgment….
His Honour Judge David Harvey and Daniel B. Garrie outline the new rules that apply in New Zealand and give an insight into their application in practice…
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Kuan Hon summarises some fundamentally important elements of cloud computing and clarifies with culinary comparators. Don’t read this article when you are hungry!…
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Christian Brown discusses the latest trends across the in-house IT jobs market….
Michael Harvey explains some benchmarking basics and highlights some of his issues and concerns, as an in-house lawyer for an IT company, with the provisions proposed in customer or consultant proposed documentation…
Robert Bond, lead contributor to the ICC UK’s Cookie Guide, reviews the Guide, which was published on 2 April 2012 with the endorsement of Christopher Graham, the UK Information Commissioner….
Will Robinson reviews a recent High Court case which sheds light on the importance of ‘good faith’ in outsourcing commercial contracts…