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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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….
The Supreme Court gave its judgment on 27 June in the dispute over the chilling effect of Sun marketing restrictions….
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European data protection authorities have adopted a new working document on Binding Corporate Rules for Processors…
Tania Williams highlights some of the key areas that customers should consider as part of their cloud computing due diligence exercise…
QMUL’s Cloud Legal Project has released its report of research into negotiated cloud contracts, offering its insights into the key areas negotiated by cloud users and the development of the cloud market…
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According to the Advocate General, creators of computer programs may oppose the resale of ‘used’ licences which allow their programs to be downloaded from the Internet again. However, he suggests that they may not oppose the resale of ‘used’ copies, downloaded by their own customers from the Internet, given that their exclusive right of distribution relating to those copies is ‘exhausted’….
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QMUL’s Cloud Legal Project has released its analysis of the UK G-Cloud v1 and highlights key cloud issues…
Kuan Hon summarises some fundamentally important elements of cloud computing and clarifies with culinary comparators. Don’t read this article when you are hungry!…
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Chris Marsden explains why the next SCL Policy Forum, to be held on 13/14 September 2012, will be special, even more special than normal, and why it is likely to be a major influence on the IT law agenda….