Intranets are developing rapidly. Robert Dow explains how the integration of legal resources through an intranet can create a new focal point for law firms.
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The Knowledge Management Intranet
Mike Robinson and Heather Robinson explain the why and how of their intranet – their firm’s answer to the knowledge explosion
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Survival Strategy in the IT Age
Joe Reevy gives the bottom line on IT strategy and IT investment, and hints on making IT in the law office pay….
Web Site Development and Hosting Agreements
Nigel Miller points out the main areas of concern in drafting Web site agreements – a sticky and almost precedent-free area….
Calling ASPADE ASPADE
Hazel Raw and John Kilbey ‘grasp the ASP’, and explain what to consider in creating an ASP contract….
The Patentability of Computer Software in Europe
Patent protection for computer software is impossible in the UK and Europe? A gross oversimplification. Tim Rickard explains the true position and gives his insight into the practicalities….
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Protection and Use of Trade Marks and Other Distinctive Signs
Dr Rosanna Cooper CChem MRSC discusses the recent SCT draft Guidelines in the light of the issues surrounding the global use of signs on the Internet….
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Data Protection Update
Safe Harbors On 27 July the EU accepted, by a Commission decision, that organisations in the US which adopt arrangements for the protection of personal data which conform to a set of agreed standards will be accepted as providing adequate protection for the purposes of personal data transfer from the EU. The concept (and spelling)…
Recent Developments in German Internet Law
Dr Oliver Zander of Beiten Burkhardt Mittl & Wegener provides a brief guide to recent developments in Germany….
Distance Selling and German Law
The German Distance Selling Act (hereinafter: ‘DSA’) has finally been adopted by both chambers of the German parliament and most parts of the DSA came into effect on 30 June 2000. Clemens T. Steins of Baker &McKenzie’s Frankfurt Office explains all….