Alex Newson gives an overview of the legal issues from an EU & US law perspective. This is an updated version of the original article, taking account of the appeal ruling in Perfect 10 v Google….
Pool Cues and Computer Games: the ‘look and feel’ debate played out in the Court of Appeal
The English Court of Appeal has recently confirmed that copying the ‘look and feel’ of a computer program without copying the program code does not, without more, amount to copyright infringement. Ben Allgrove and Paul McGrath explain….
LiST Publishes New Protocol
New releases are available on data exchange protocols….
‘Greater Force’ – or a Good Excuse for Non-performance?
Christoff Pienaar looks at force majeure and its effect on contracts. Bearing in mind that force majeure clauses inserted into outsourcing and IT services could seriously undermine a customer’s disaster recovery plans, the concept of ‘greater force’ needs to be very fully understood….
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Web 2.0 – Mashing the Future and the Present
You need to know about Web 2.0, and soon. It is the future – but it is very much now too. SCL has launched a new Conference that will help you ‘get’ Web 2.0….
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SCL Questionnaire on OGC Standard Contracts
A chance to influence OGC standard contracts for SCL members….
Information from Litigation Support Providers
These are responses to the call in the December 2006/January 2007 issue of the magazine for information from LSPs. SCL emphasizes that the information below is supplied by the providers themselves….
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Data Processing: Johnson v MDU
The Court of Appeal judgment is now available in the case of Johnson v The Medical Defence Union….
E-disclosure, Needles and Haystacks
Alex Charlton and Matthew Lavy recount their recent experience of e-disclosure in an article that might well be entitled ‘E-disclosure: Where it went wrong (and how we can fix it).’…
Standard Contracts – Supporting the Government’s Transforming Procurement Agenda
John Kenyon highlights the advantages of the OGC standard contracts….
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