Consumer Rights Bill Consultation
Helen Hart covers a consultation exercise that has the potential to have a very significant impact on e-commerce and the market for digital content…
Intellectual Property
UsedSoft: Do Creative Industries Need Creative Judges?
Gareth Dickson reflects on the ruling in UsedSoft v Oracle and focuses on its practical impact on the software industry and software users….
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At the bleeding edge, well almost
It helps as an IT lawyer to have some interest in the products and services we advise on…
Software Licences: End of the World?
Is the UsedSoft judgment going to radically change the world of software licensing? And can it have much wider ramifications than the ECJ envisaged? Some questions – and directions to some answers….
HTC v Apple Judgment Now Published
The judgment in the High Court case concerning multi-touch and numerous other patents was given on 4 July…
Resale of Software Licences: Latest ECJ Judgment
The Court of Justice of the European Union has given judgment on a referral from a German court on the directive on the legal protection of computer programs and the first sale rules…
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Nominet DRS Procedure Scrutinised
In a case destined to be read in the future only by lawyer geeks and those interested in the ‘access to justice’ camp, Mr Justice Mann ruled in March that Nominet’s Dispute Resolution Service and the relevant policy and procedures effectively prevented a party which had used the procedure from having the dispute heard again by the High Court. Paul A Harris looks a little more deeply into the judgment and its implications….
Microsoft v EU Commission – Latest Instalment
The most recently imposed penalty payment for Microsoft’s failure to allow its competitors access to interoperability information has been upheld by the ECJ…
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Cut Costs vs Client Focus: New Survey Results
A new study suggests law firms are focused on cutting costs from ageing IT, despite saying they are prioritising the client…
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Time to Move on…
Alastair Morrison explains that, if you have yet to move away from XP, you will have to fairly soon. He looks at the options that might ease the transition….