David Cran and Georgia Warren look at database protection in light of the Football DataCo/Brittens Pools case and consider the general position…
SCL Junior Lawyers’ Group Report: Talkin bout my generation
David Chaplin reports on the Group’s inaugural meeting held on 20 January…
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Nowadays social network sites can to a degree be classified by age and purpose….
Negotiating with Goliath
Paul Berwin and Claire Armer cover the key issues to focus on when working on an IT/IP contract between your client and a massive corporate…
The Language of the Internet
Even the language of love alters according to time and place. Why should the language of the Internet always stay unaltered?…
Motor Insurers to Limit Data Exchange after OFT Investigation
Seven insurance companies and two IT software and service providers have provisionally agreed to limit the data that they exchange between them after the OFT raised competition law concerns….
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Predictions – Doggy Bag
You thought that the predictions banquet had finished; we have already had the late lingering liqueurs. But there is still more fare available, making my banquet theme creak all too obviously. These predictions come jointly from Matthew Davis and Bill Onowusah and from Paul Heritage-Redpath. They are much too good to be binned as leftovers and I am indebted to Matthew for the ‘doggy bag’ suggestion….
EU Commission Consultation on Enforcement of IP Rights
The EU Commission has launched a consultation that may affect enforcement of rights across the Internet, and beyond….
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Slippery Slope
Does the ski resort have something to teach us about IT contract formation?…
The Open Source Software Licence: the UK Perspective on Jacobsen v Katzer
At the SCL Policy Forum 2010, Clive Thorne spoke on the US judgment in Jacobsen v Katzer and looked at how this case may have been decided if heard by the UK courts. This article from Clive Thorne and Nicole Mellors reflects that presentation….
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