EU Consultation on Technology Transfer Agreements
The EU Commission is to consult on a proposal for a revised competition regime for technology transfer agreements…
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Intellectual Property
Application of the DPA to Surveillance Activities
Julian Milford reports on the FTT’s decision on the data protection aspects of the dispute over the Southampton City Council decision to require licensed taxis to make audio-visual recordings of passengers…
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SCL at 40: The IT Community in 1973
Richard Morgan is not only one of SCL’s longest-standing members but mirrors its development, going from IT proponent and exponent to widely respected IT law specialist. He looks back on SCL’s early days….
Computer Program Functionality and Copyright: SAS v WPL
David Cran and Louise Williams pick the bones from January’s, probably final, judgment in SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd…
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Competition Law Issues in Cloud Computing
Tim Cowen looks at the cloud and the pitfalls associated with it. He reviews the competition issues and highlights the importance of the correct contractual provisions in cloud computing contracts…
Information Law and the Limitations of Consent
I’ve been thinking recently about the limits of data protection recently with all the debate going on about the new Directive. I have some frustration with the debate, particularly over the validity of the consents that are given by data subjects….
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Podcast: Mr Justice Akenhead – “Technology and Dispute Resolution”- 16 January 2013
A recording of a recent SCL meeting…
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Copyright, Newzbin’s Ghost and the Fruits of Infringement
With some interesting side comments on the nature of copyright breach, the High Court has rejected copyright owners’ proprietary claim to the fruits of an infringement…
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Regulating Code: Towards a Prosumer Law
Chris Marsden and Ian Brown see a regulatory crisis and a prosumer law solution. They explain how regulatory solutions based on code, rather than fines or other traditional methods, can be the right solution in a prosumer world. Chris chaired the SCL Policy Forum 2012….
Kickstarter: Crowdsourcing, Commitments and Consumer Protection
Neil Brown examines the crowdsourced funding web site Kickstarter, asking what Kickstarter needs to do to ensure that consumers are adequately protected against project failure….
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