Gloom, doom and Gutnick
The implications of Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick [1] are reviewed by Megan Macgregor, Senior Lawyer, and Mark Vincent, Managing Partner, of Griffins Information Technology and Intellectual Property Lawyers. [2]…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Predictions for 2003
We asked a number of legal IT experts to offer their predictions for 2003….
Putting the Bite on e-business
Fiona Ghosh explains how the UK’s web of e-commerce regulations continues to grow….
SAM v Hedley’s: The TCC answers the Court of Appeal in Watford Electronics
Two cases have come out of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in recent weeks reversing what for many had seemed to be a run of success for users against IT suppliers. In particular, when it came to applying the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) to exclusions and limitations of liability, IT suppliers were prone to fare badly. This note from Richard Stephens reports on the recent case of SAM Business Systems Limited v Hedley and Company [2002] EWHC 2733 (TCC), a decision of Judge Bowsher QC. *This article will look at two principal issues in the judgment: the presence of bugs and their legal implications and limitations and exclusions of liability in the light of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977….
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Service Credits and Penalties: What Exactly is the Position?
Richard Stephens, Partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse, gives a detailed guide to service credits and penalties….
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Bath 2002 – Mine’s a Hot One
Paul Berwin reviews the SCL IT Law Review, held at Bath on 8-9 November 2002….
Investing in business continuity: Optimising the utility of source code escrow arrangements
Alex Mitchell and Andrea Ruggieri of Baker & McKenzie emphasise the importance of having an effective source code escrow strategy….
Strategic Alliances in IT
Kit Burden of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert seeks to investigate some of the drivers for such alliances and highlight the key issues likely to arise….
Market Definition in the Computer Industry
Cento G. Veljanovski, a leading expert on issues relating to competition and regulatory economics, examines the computer sector….
Mapping the Future – Information Overload
Kevin Aires of IBM and Hazel Raw of v-lex join forces to muse on the implications of the latest developments in GPS and intrusive communications….