This issue is dominated by predictions. I am most grateful to the many who responded to my call for predictions: you certainly entertained and intrigued me and I trust that the readers of the magazine will be similarly engaged and pleased. What was striking though was how few respondents were tempted to take up my…
Predictions 2015: IT and Legal Practice
This set of predictions comes from leading consultants and commentators operating in legal IT…
Predictions 2015: Academics’ Foresight
While Chris Marsden, Marion Oswald and Monica Horten each have a number of varied roles, they share the special sense of perspective that comes with working in universities…
Predictions 2015: Chris Dale
Since the eDisclosure oracle, Chris Dale of the eDisclosure Information Project Ltd (www.edisclosureinformation.co.uk), gave us some substantial predictions, we thought that he deserved a page of his own….
Cases Round-up
Software Patents: Court of Appeal Supports Refusal In Lantana Ltd v The Comptroller General of Patents, Design and Trade Marks [2014] EWCA Civ 1463, the Court of Appeal has supported the rulings of the Comptroller and Birss J and ruled against granting a patent in respect of software. As Arden LJ put it, ‘the invention…
VAT, Digital Content and Video Games
Jas Purewal gives his practical guide to the EU’s new VAT rules as they affect video games and digital content sales…
Predictions 2015: More Late Extras
Two more sets of predictions from our range of experts on IT law that arrived a little late for inclusion in the main run…
Monetary Penalty: New First-tier Tribunal Ruling
The First-tier Tribunal has considered an appeal against a monetary penalty imposed on an abuser of cold-calling by telephone. The tribunal supported the monetary penalty in a ruling that has wider application…
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Predictions 2015: Late Extras
Two sets of predictions from our range of experts on IT law that arrived a little later than others…
Consultation: Communications Data
The Home Office has published various consultation document s relating to what it describes as ‘Communications data codes of practice: acquisition, disclosure and retention’…