SCL has been asking key figures from the tech law sector to answer five questions and posting their responses on its Facebook page. Their responses give an interesting insight into how they got their start and where they see the profession going and may provide some inspiration for those considering working in this area of law. In this, the first of a series that will appear in the magazine, we hear from Mark O’Conor, Sue McLean, Simon Deane-Johns and Neil Brown….
Iain Wilson gives us his in-depth analysis of NT1 and NT2 v Google Inc, where the delisting of search engine results was sought and which provides the first English decision on the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’…
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Tristan Sherliker reports on a High Court ruling in Conversant v ZTE that England is ‘clearly the most appropriate forum’ for a FRAND dispute…
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Zoe O’Sullivan QC summarises the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Computer Associates UK Ltd v The Software Incubator Ltd…
Gemma Briance and Geoffrey Sturgess reflect on a change in guidance that affects business-to-business marketing…
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A new judgment in the Court of Appeal has addressed the issue of the status of downloaded software and, in particular, whether such software could be classified as ‘goods’…
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Lars Kjolbye, Elisabetta Righini and Peter Citron bring us up to speed on this important new Regulation that seeks to underpin the Digital Single Market…
Richard Oliphant asks if the provision of HM Land Registry’s new digital services- using its own purpose-built PKI e-signature solution – can be augmented by partnerships with commercial e-signature platforms….
Peter Leonard considers the asset value of data and the way to make sure it truly has value…
At the time of the consultation of the new regime for data protection fees, the maximum fee was floated as £1000. The draft fees regulations suggest a maximum fee of £2900. Laurence Eastham bemoans his ignorance of the process that led to a leap that would leave Jonathan Edwards in awe…