The Court of Appeal has given a judgment in Symbian Limited v Comptroller General of Patents which favours the granting of computer patents. But the UK-IPO practice and the EPO practice remain at odds….
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Elizabeth West looks at the challenges faced by law firms when implementing online learning programmes for IT or legal training, and reports on a meeting of the SCL KM Special Interest Group in July, hosted by Lovells LLP….
The podcasts from this highly successful Policy Forum are now available….
Andrew Katz reviews Open Source Technology and Policy from Fadi P. Deek and James A.M. McHugh, published by Cambridge University Press (382 pp). 978-0-521-88103-6 Hardback £50.00; 978-0-521-70741-1 Paperback £18.99; www.cambridge.org/9780521881036…
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Maggi Healey believes that the standard software development contract no longer reflects development process realities. She advocates the use of new contract forms to reflect agile development processes….
The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Virgin Media Limited in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted CD containing the personal details of over 3,000 customers….
A new £7M police unit dedicated to tackling electronic crime and Internet fraud was announced on 30 September….
SCL’s 3rd Annual Policy Forum – audio recordings and speaker’s slides available to download….
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The SCL Conference in Edinburgh focuses on Convergence 3.0. Laurence Eastham let’s you know what you are going to miss if you fail to go….
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The end of the Law Society’s CPD year is fast approaching. Read why SCL e-learning is the e-ffective and e-conomical way to gain CPD, and to gain real understanding….
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