Source code: Keep it safe, keep it secret
Paul Barton and Liz McSweeney examine the lessons from a recent case….
Intellectual Property
Kazaa on Trial in Australia
Jo Oliver reviews the Australian litigation over the famous, or infamous, file sharing application, Kazaa….
Editorial
February was the month for legal software suppliers to be assessed. Not only was there the Legal IT show, where they get to strut their stuff on specially built stands and launch their latest product, but there was the publication of the Law Society Software Solutions Guide too. The question which arises is whether Legal…
The Human Value of Knowledge
Ruth Ward and Shelagh Taylor give their personal insight into the linked areas of knowledge and HR management. This is the second in a series of articles on ‘Knowledge for Successful Law Firms’, which is being developed by the SCL Knowledge Management Group. For more on this initiative, see vol 15, issue 2 ‘Will the Real Knowledge Management Please Step Forward!’….
Electric Blue Sky
With the deadline for responses from the industry having drawn to a close, SML Recycling’s Jeremy Parsons looks at the WEEE consultation paper and its implications for the legal sector…
SCL Workshops
SCL is running a series of workshops in 2005….
Anti-circumvention : What protects the content protectors?
William Cook of Simmons & Simmons examines the new anti-circumvention regime and the breadth of protection it brings….
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E-Filing
Robert Unslow explains why e-filing is inevitable and suggests ways to make its advance more welcome. He also calls on SCL members to join the debate on e-filing….
LSSA: Interview with Barry Hawley-Green
Laurence Eastham talked to Barry Hawley-Green, the new Chairman of the Legal Software Suppliers Association, about his role, the future of the organisation, legal practice and IT – and all manner of related topics….
Software Licences: Should it be Getting Personal?
Iain G Mitchell QC contributes a report of a case in the Court of Session (Profile Software Ltd v Becogent Ltd [2005] CSOH 28 (Lord Kingarth, Court of Session, 16th February, 2005)) and an engaging argument about the nature of licence rights and copyright….
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