The most cursory flip through this issue will reveal that it devotes many of its pages to disclosure of electronic documents. Not only do we have Terry Harrison’s short article and a lengthy account of the recent report of the Commercial Court Working Party chaired by Mr Justice Cresswell but the article by His Honour…
Directions for Trial Preparation in IT Cases
In his article (on p 21), HH Bowsher QC includes consideration of the question of whether a standard agenda should be used for IT Case Management Conferences. That question, originally raised in his address to the SCL IT Disputes Interest Group, was prompted by a note from Alex Charlton on the issue. Alex Charlton sets out the substance of that note below and calls for constructive comment and contributions from readers….
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Technology Joint Ventures
Richard Raysman and Peter Brown share their views on, and considerable experience of, the drafting of joint venture agreements….
Online Licensing of Entertainment and Information
Clive Davies reviews and comments upon the current state of online licensing of software and the associated legal implications and addresses the new models for the distribution of software as a service available on demand. He also contrasts some of the legal and other issues that apply to software with other online media in the music and film area….
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Iron Laws of Cyberspace The Need for Multidisciplinary Perspectives
William Dutton reviews a series of well known IT legal aphorisms from the perspective of a social scientist. This is an edited version of his Keynote Address to the IFCLA Conference in July….
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Database Right: The Advocate General’s Opinion
Richard Waller summarises the recent opinion of Advocate General Stix-Hackl in the case of The British Horseracing Board Limited and Others v William Hill Organisation Limited which has sought to clarify some of the concepts introduced by European Directive 96/9 EC….
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Editorial
Food for Thought This issue begins to reflect the July IFCLA Conference by including a selection of the papers which were presented there. I hope to include some of the other outstanding papers, both within these pages and on the SCL Web site, over the next few months. Some of the ideas which were raised…
Current Issues in IT and Communications Law in China
Matthew Murphy gives a resumé of the current legal issues in the world’s most exciting economy….
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Legal Software Supplier News
A round up of the major stories affecting software suppliers….
History Repeats Itself: Implementation of EU Data Protection Legislation in the Accession Countries
Although the accession countries have been swift to implement the data protection and e-privacy directives, a large majority have failed to implement them correctly in a number of important respects. Ironically, the areas of greatest departure are the same areas the Commission identified last year as the areas where the original 15 Member States had also fallen down. In a number of cases, the deficiencies are so great that the EU Member States are vulnerable to enforcement action by the EU Commission for failure to implement the directives as required. Richard Cumbley and Tanguy Van Overstraeten of Linklaters explain….