Challenges to Database Information Retrieval – Do We Need a World Information Treaty and Tribunal?
Catherine Colston looks at the problems with database information retrieval and suggests a way forward….
Privacy & Data Protection
IT and the London Civil Courts
This article is an edited version of Lord Justice Brooke’s lecture to the London Solicitors Litigation Association….
Specific software, correction of errors and source codes: tribulations of a Frenchman in an offshore software development paradise
This article from Marc-Antoine Ledieu delves into the confusion which can arise whenever, and wherever, software is developed….
Trade Marks, Search Engines and Fair Play
Maureen Daly presents an analysis of the differing approaches in the US and various European jurisdictions to allegations of trade mark infringement and unfair competition by search engines…
EDMS Software: Winning Legal Business
Egami-Legal Litigation Support from DPA-Egami was a finalist for the 1998 SCL Award….
Microsoft: Victim or Villain?
Microsoft’s battles with anti-trust regulators will continue even if Microsoft win their appeal in April 1998 and set aside the interiminjunction awarded in December 1997….
The Application of Information Technology
In this piece, Alastair Morrison reviews the pressures on solicitors and the courts arising from IT implementation. He analyses the position of smaller firms and looks at the prospects for XML and AI. This was originally submitted as a dissertation for the degree of LLM at the University of Strathclyde. It is rare for SCL to accept such material but this is a useful examination of various commentators’ views….
Reversal of UDRP Decisions in South Africa
Domain names continue to be a fertile ground for disputes. Although this article focuses on South African laws, some of Dr Gerrie Ebersöhn’s analysis on UDRP decisions on domain names is of much wider application….
Software Correction and the Year 2000 Problem
Zaccheaus Knox-Hooke is a barrister who specialises in IT law and related matters. He was for many years a programmer, analyst and projectmanager. He has a thorough knowledge of programming languages, structure andtechniques as well as systems development. He is currently Year 2000 lawyer fora major city financial institution. He can be contacted on zaccheaus@btinternet.com….
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E-Commerce
Comments on the Draft Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 and on the Guidance Notes issued to explain them…