Software – Know Your Licensors
Lara White explains how a recent High Court case (Noemalife SpA v Infinitt UK Ltd) has highlighted the need to understand the ‘chain of title’ of licensed software and the risks of relying on implied licences….
Intellectual Property
Computer Misuse: Court of Appeal on Sentencing
The Court of Appeal judgment on an appeal against sentence in respect of DOS attacks and other behaviour which amounted to offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 is now available. It offers some useful guidance….
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Rocket Back to the Future
I have been wondering whether recently doing the time-warp has led me into another era….
Through the Copyright Barricades in PRCA v NLA
Toby Headdon looks at the potential impact of the final decision in PRCA v NLA and shares his concerns that the implications of some of the issues have not been fully understood…
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‘Wandering Clouds’ Emerging Trends in Cloud Services Contracts
Kit Burden offers his highly practical insights into the way in which Cloud services contracts have developed…
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Restricted View in FirstRow Case
Nick Swimer and Stephen Edwards look at a recent High Court judgment that confirmed that operators of a live sports indexing web site were infringing the FAPL’s copyright…
Misleading and Updating
How far should we go to keep web site articles up to date? Do we have adequate disclaimers in place?…
Lawful Interception Capability Requirements
Ian Brown adds to the debate about Internet surveillance by governments and the various legal regimes that apply…
Governmental Access to Cloud Data: A Response
Judith Rauhofer responds to the article ‘A Global Reality: Governmental Access to Cloud Data’…
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A Global Reality: Governmental Access to Data in the Cloud
Quentin Archer, Winston Maxwell and Christopher Wolf summarise the key findings from a recent analysis of the powers of governments to access data held in the Cloud…
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