The Open Source Software Crunch
David Boutcher and Bob Stankey ask: Will unmanaged OSS use make it harder to get financing and ultimately find a buyer for a technology-dependent business?…
Intellectual Property
Getting the Best from RSS
Alex Newson discusses how lawyers can make the most of RSS….
EU-US Data Sharing: Opinion of the EDPS
Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor has published his opinion in response to the EU-US final data sharing report….
Convergence Consumer Survey 2008
The Olswang Convergence Consumer Survey is in its fourth year. The latest results suggest that the switch to on-demand entertainment is gathering pace….
Beyond UCTA’s Embrace: International Supply Contracts
Paul Toms considers an often neglected exemption to the application of UCTA, the leading cases concerning it and how best to package a contract to take advantage of it….
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Predictions Preview
Each year we ask leading experts in IT law and the application of IT to legal practice to give us their predictions for the year and years ahead. Here is a preview of the predictions that will be published in December, drawn from some early responses….
Updated: Patenting Computer Programs – the Symbian Effect!
Mark Daniels and Nick McDonald examine the latest judgment from the Court of Appeal on computer patents and its wider implications. A version of their article was first published here on 21 October. This version includes an update to reflect the change of stance of the EPO….
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Countdown to .tel Registration
The sunrise period for .tel registration begins on 3 December…
Outsourcing to Gain Control
Richard Barker understands the problems partners in law firms face with expanding IT requirements. He believes that it is time for more solicitors to consider gaining increased control of their technology. Paradoxically, he believes that this is best achieved by passing day-to-day control to experts outside their firm….
Editorial
I am very much aware that the Internet is plagued with copyright protection problems. Two articles in this issue are concerned with those problems so I could hardly be ignorant of the problems. But it was a bit of a surprise nevertheless to discover recently that SCL itself is plagued with those problems. We operate…