Contract Formation: Let’s Stick Together
Gillian Cordall looks at the basics of contract formation and points up their relevance to the real world IT or e-commerce transaction….
Intellectual Property
IT Lawyers’ Cases in Brief
Parallel Imports and Trade Marks: Oracle v M-Tech In Oracle v M-Tech [2010] EWCA Civ 997, the Court of Appeal held that, in a trade mark infringement case involving importation of Sun branded computer hardware from outside the EEA, M-Tech was entitled to argue that Articles 28 to 30 and 81 of the EC Treaty…
Exporting Encryption
The UK granted a new General Export License for encryption products on 14 October 2010. David Lorello, Julia Court Ryan and Sheena Sheikh explain….
Hating Ryanair
I am a bit late on the domain name battle concerning ihateryanair.co.uk, but it does raise a couple of points of real interest. In particular, the divergence between the relevant Nominet policy and that of the UDRP is a cause for concern….
SCL Conference 2010: Session 1
Session 1 of the Conference…
Court Refuses to Order Blocking of File-sharing in Ireland
In EMI v UPC, the High Court in Ireland has refused an application for an injunction against an ISP which would have required it to block access to file-sharing sites…
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A Variety of Endeavours
Richard Stephens considers the recent case of CPC Group Limited v Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, which considered the meaning of ‘reasonable endeavours’. He goes on to review the case law on a variety of contractual phrases concerning ‘endeavours’, of the kind found in so many IT contracts….
Best of Breed v One-box Solution
Does a commitment to Best Practice mean that law firms should only purchase ‘Best of Breed’ products when choosing their legal software? asks Ian Wimbush, Chairman of the Legal Software Suppliers’ Association. Or can a one-box solution offer many of the same advantages?…
Robots and Law
On my return from holiday, a blog post suggesting laws for robotics has really intrigued me…
A Cloudy Outlook for Outsourcing Service Levels?
David Chaplin reports on the SCL half-day seminar on ‘Getting the Deal Right – Key Commercial Schedules in Outsourcing Projects’ held on 5 October….
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