Reasons to be Fearful
Most people are all too familiar with the toll that the recession is taking on UK businesses, says Martin O’Neal. But are disgruntled IT staff making things even worse?…
Litigation & DR
Streaming Consciousness
I am worried that I am not doing enough to fund the music industry…
Patent Juries in the USA
It is the US way, but it seems such a mind-boggling idea…
Big Brother: Grateful or Worried?
When the surveillance society came knocking at my door, I started off grateful and ended up worried. And I started to wonder about privacy and the right to do wrong….
New ICO Statement on the Interception Modernisation Programme
The Information Commissioner’s Office has released a new statement on the government plans for a database of communications data….
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Working of Patents in India
Aparna Kareer and Sumathi Chandrashekaran give a legal overview of one factor which is crucial for those involved with IT in India or IT-enabled services in India….
IPO Approves Software Patent
Simon Elsegood, Tasmina Goraya and Alasdair Poore consider the background to, and the possible implications of, a recent decision by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office on the patentability of computer software….
Latest ICO Comment on New Data Protection Proposals
The ICO has issued a memorandum on the Government amendments to the Coroners and Justice Bill introduced in the House of Lords….
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E-disclosure: Numbers Too!
Simon Anthony and Phil Beckett identify, from an accountant’s perspective and with reference to Lord Justice Jackson’s Preliminary Report, some common problems with reviewing e-disclosure and set out approaches that should help minimise the related costs…
The Impact of Changing Economic Cycles on the Practice of IT Law
Laurence Eastham previews the SCL Conference 2009 – unrivalled content and a credit-crunch busting price….
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