Working of Patents in India
Aparna Kareer and Sumathi Chandrashekaran give a legal overview of one factor which is crucial for those involved with IT in India or IT-enabled services in India….
Intellectual Property
The Semantic Web: Legal Challenges
Brian Harley, Philip Nolan, Liam Ó Móráin and Mark Leyden tease out, from the current state of the emerging technologies, what legal challenges those involved in the development of the Semantic Web and its applications need to be aware of. They also give lawyers who are not familiar with the Semantic Web a glimpse of the potential and pitfalls that these exciting new technologies present….
IPO Approves Software Patent
Simon Elsegood, Tasmina Goraya and Alasdair Poore consider the background to, and the possible implications of, a recent decision by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office on the patentability of computer software….
Defamation and Search Engine Liability
Laurence Eastham briefly reports a case where Google has defeated an attempt to land it with liability for allegedly defamatory content appearing in the snippets that come with its search results….
Consult, Divide and Rule?
Am I missing something about the latest EU Commission consultation on data protection? Or are they?…
International Free and Open Source Software Law Review
A new journal has been launched with specialist coverage of one of the areas of interest of SCL members….
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Watch and Learn
Do we publish too much on the Internet?…
File-sharing Legislation Consultation Mark 124
There is yet another government consultation on file-sharing. But does it matter at all?…
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Data Exports to Processors and Sub-processors
Rosemary Jay looks at the current thinking in the EU on data exports, and regrets that she seems to encounter one example of data protection law being topsy-turvy….
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Streamlining
Rob Lancashire sees streamlining IT and business systems becoming top priority for legal business…