The End of Lawyers’ IT?
Alastair Morrison updates readers on his views on SaaS and considers the possibility that cloud computing will transform the way in which lawyers buy and use IT….
Telecoms & the Internet
Schadenfreude Fest: The Google Chrome Licence Glitch
The terms and conditions of use of the new Web browser from Google have been amended following a negative reaction to a first draft that would have caught all rights to users’ content. Laurence Eastham guesses that SCL members will be full of sympathy….
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What is Downloading?
A recent criminal case leads Laurence Eastham to wonder about what constitutes downloading, and he looks for suggestions from SCL members….
Know Your Enemy
Andrew Tibber explores Norwich Pharmacal orders and their increasing relevance in helping claimants identify online wrongdoers….
Analysing Unstructured Data: Electronic Discovery and Computer Limits
Touching on porno hedgehogs and Croatian language recognition systems, Andrew Harbison and Pearse Ryan offer a fascinating insight into the problems associated with analysing unstructured data and the limitations inherent in using computers for electronic discovery. They also explain how the problems are not just of concern to litigators but to data protection lawyers and others too….
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Open Source: The Affero General Public Licence
Guy Burgess focuses on the Affero General Public Licence as its role expands with the increasing popularity of open source in SaaS environments….
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Not Every Cloud: Dell Patent Failure
Dell’s attempt to trade mark ‘cloud computing’ has been turned down by the USPTO….
Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?
Chris Marsden explains what makes the 3rd Annual SCL Policy Forum on 22 & 23 September 2008 such an important event….
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England v France: The Internet and Trade Mark Infringement
Mike Gardner and Kara Landsborough-McDonald offer a comparison of English and French approaches to the liability of Internet companies for trade mark infringement…
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Typosquatting
John McKeown reports on a recent decision of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center involving domain names and Carphone Warehouse. 1…