The European Patent Office (EPO) has today turned down a request from the Court of Appeal in Aerotel/Macrossan to clarify the European position on software patentability….
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MySpace, YouTube and the Diddymen
In a fascinating judgment, albeit its fascination lies more in schadenfreude than legal analysis, Mr Justice Kitchin expresses the view that, however free from restraint they are alleged to be, MySpace and YouTube can be controlled by the High Court….
Major Online Dispute Resolution Forum Comes to Liverpool
The International Forum on ODR is to be held in the UK for the first time….
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Software Patents: Latest Case
The High Court has upheld the exclusion by the Patent Office from patent protection of a financial data delivery system from Bloomberg and a courier delivery system….
Lecture Review & Podcast: “Challenges to Legal Systems in a Digital World”
Richard Harrison reviews Sir Hugh Laddie’s SCL Lecture 2007, given on 5 March 2007….
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Spammer Damages
Another successful action has been brought against an alleged spammer – this time in Scotland and this time with a more substantial claim….
February 2007 / March 2007 Online Course
The course for the February 2007/March 2007 issue of Computers & Law magazine. (Course code HW/SFCL14 – 1 hour)…
Government Response to Software Patents Petition
The Government response to an online petition asking that the Prime Minister ‘make software patents clearly unenforcible(sic)’ makes for interesting reading….
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Urgent Request for Comments
SCL is to respond to the DCA consultation on the Draft Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2007. Do you want to inform those comments?…
Editorial
OGC Survey The great success of the SCL Conference in Oxford in November was that it created an increased dialogue between the public sector and the private sector. Of course from the very beginning the behaviour of occasional adversaries was exemplary but so it was in the age of chivalry – when there was…