Technology and Competition Law: A New Era of Regulatory Activism?
Nick Pimlott examines trends in technology regulation through the use of competition law…
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UsedSoft: Do Creative Industries Need Creative Judges?
Gareth Dickson reflects on the ruling in UsedSoft v Oracle and focuses on its practical impact on the software industry and software users….
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Software Licences: End of the World?
Is the UsedSoft judgment going to radically change the world of software licensing? And can it have much wider ramifications than the ECJ envisaged? Some questions – and directions to some answers….
Why the Big Buzz about Big Data?
They are all bigging up big data. With data obesity impending, Phil Lee gives you a slim and focused summary of what matters about big data….
Resale of Software Licences: Latest ECJ Judgment
The Court of Justice of the European Union has given judgment on a referral from a German court on the directive on the legal protection of computer programs and the first sale rules…
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Cloud Computing: New Article 29 Working Party Opinion
The Article 29 Working Part has adopted a new Opinion which ‘analyses all relevant issues for cloud computing service providers operating in the EEA and their clients’….
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Time to Move on…
Alastair Morrison explains that, if you have yet to move away from XP, you will have to fairly soon. He looks at the options that might ease the transition….
Oracle (formerly Sun) v M-Tech: Supreme Court Judgment
The Supreme Court gave its judgment on 27 June in the dispute over the chilling effect of Sun marketing restrictions….
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Binding Corporate Rules: New Guidance
European data protection authorities have adopted a new working document on Binding Corporate Rules for Processors…
Due Diligence in a Cloud Environment
Tania Williams highlights some of the key areas that customers should consider as part of their cloud computing due diligence exercise…