The probable final text of the international trade agreement ACTA has been published online. It has importance for the enforcement of IP rights and especially for IPR enforcement in the digital environment….
Navigating the Cloud: Solutions for a Cloud Computing Age
Dervish Tayyip identifies the key problems for cloud computing from an IT lawyer’s perspective and suggests a number of attainable solutions. These are his personal views and not those of Microsoft for whom he is head of UK Legal….
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Public Sector Procurement – A Storm is Threatening
John Yates explains how to adapt and survive in the new, harsher environment facing public sector procurement…
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Seminar Report: Reusing Old Bunkers
David Chaplin reports on the SCL Seminar ‘Legal Issues in Financial Services IT Provision’ held at Bird & Bird’s offices on 9 November….
DEA 2010: Dual Reviews
On 10 November, the High Court granted the application of TalkTalk and BT for a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act 2010. The Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media and Sport launched a new inquiry into the ‘Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Online’ on the same day….
End of the Peer-to-Peer Reviews
What a combination: the judicial review of aspects of the Digital Economy Act, the inquiry by the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media and Sport into Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Online and the grand government review of IP laws to ‘make them fit for the internet age’. All this must mean something….
Crossing Borders in the Cloud
Sandra Potter and Phil Farrelly look at cloud computing generally, and the issues pertaining to e-disclosure and cross-border conflicts in particular…
Domain Names: Time and Tide Wait for Pam
Laches is not normally the first thing that springs to mind when Pamela Anderson is mentioned. For the true IT law nerd, that may be about to change. David Taylor and Jane Seager look at a recent domain name dispute…
The Two Screen Solicitor
How many computer screens do you have open in your office?…
Nominet Announces Short .uk Names Process
Nominet has announced that it will accept sunrise applications for short .uk domain names from 1 December…