Each year we ask experts in a wide variety of fields for their views on the likely developments in the year ahead. This is a selection of the predictions published on the SCL web site that relate to technological developments that affect legal practice and the forecast changes for e-disclosure, electronic evidence and forensics…
In the second in our Back to Basics series, Michael Taylor and Matthew Lavy consider the drafting and effects of two types of clause that are almost inevitable features of IT contracts: the exclusion clause and the limitation of liability clause….
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Here is the fourth course in the predictions banquet. There are predictions from Chris Dale, Monica Horten and Mark Turner. Since I dare not allocate anyone to the cheese course, let’s call this coffee and mints or, given the season and the substantial fare that is still on offer, coffee and mince pies….
The Court of Appeal has upheld a finding of copyright infringement for use of photographs on a web site where the web site owner had a limited licence. Susan Barty, Tom Scourfield and Tom Reid report on the case and highlight the dangers inherent in old licences….
In a decision as remarkable for its amusement value as for its value as a precedent in law, the General Court has ordered the Commission to pay Systran liquidated damages of over €12 million…
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Reflections on the recent Kroll Ontrack survey and the lack of fear of sanctions among the unprepared…
A nutritious and meaty second course for the predictions banquet – predictions from Beverley Flynn, Professor Chris Reed, Susan Atkinson, Toby Crick and Carrie Reevy. If you want to contribute your signature dish to the predictions buffet, time is running out. Only predictions submitted by 12 December can feature in the forthcoming magazine….
Advocate General Jääskinen considers that eBay is generally not liable for trade mark infringements committed by its users on its electronic marketplace. However, if eBay has been notified of the infringing use of a trade mark, and the same user continues or repeats that infringement, eBay may be held liable for it….
Scottish Society for Computers and Law Chairman, Iain G. Mitchell QC has been appointed as the next United Kingdom representative on the IT Committee of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe for a period of three years….
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Eduardo Ustaran analyses the EU Commission’s newly published strategy document which contains its proposals for strengthening EU data protection rules….
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