Can OFCOM achieve the wireless balancing act?
A look at “harmonised flexibility” and some practical implications for UK spectrum users from Simon Muys…
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New Windows Accounts Systems
Delia Venables is a computer consultant specialising in the legal market….
SSCL Meeting Report: 21 March 2002
SSCL continued their monthly series of themed meetings, this time looking at the civil side of software industry issues. There were two speakers for the evening: Lorne Byatt looked at legal success factors from an in-house counsel standpoint, whilst Jeremy Warner focused on software licensing issues….
The Gap between IT and Business
This article is an edited version of a ‘White Paper’ published by Boxwood Technology, a unit of management consultancy Boxwood Group. It is the product too of a research agency which was commissioned by Boxwood to talk to managers and partners at 20 leading law firms. There is an oft-reported gap between expectations at board or partner level of what IT can do and what the IT function actually delivers. The aim of the research was to test whether that gap existed in business operating in the legal profession….
Defining the Rules of Engagement
Victoria Cooper thinks that the Cresswell Report underestimates the attractions of tape back-up….
Risk Management in Commercial Litigation: IT Solutions?
Richard Harrison is a partner at Laytons, the national law firm.
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Metatags – trade mark infringement and passing off
Read Rico Calleja of McDermott, Will & Emery on the Reed Case…
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Reversal of UDRP Decisions in South Africa
Domain names continue to be a fertile ground for disputes. Although this article focuses on South African laws, some of Dr Gerrie Ebersöhn’s analysis on UDRP decisions on domain names is of much wider application….
Trade Marks, Search Engines and Fair Play
Maureen Daly presents an analysis of the differing approaches in the US and various European jurisdictions to allegations of trade mark infringement and unfair competition by search engines…
EMU: The IT Implications
Ben Goodger is a Partner at Willoughby & Partners, the intellectual property specialists based in Oxford. He is a member of the SCL Council. He can be contacted by e-mail at ben@iprights.com or on 01865 791990….