Sarah Wood summarises and comments on this case, which concerned the allocation of jurisdiction in a trade mark claim, for the purposes of service out of the jurisdiction under CPR 6.20, where a contract intentionally contains no governing law or jurisdictional clause….
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Jeffrey S. Wolfe examines the push to resolve e-commerce disputes by ADR and the implications for consumers and for traditional dispute resolution….
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Renzo Marchini examines the judgment in Navitaire v easyJet and draws lessons from it….
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Paul Barton and Liz McSweeney examine the lessons from a recent case….
Jo Oliver reviews the Australian litigation over the famous, or infamous, file sharing application, Kazaa….
SCL is running a series of workshops in 2005….
Iain G Mitchell QC contributes a report of a case in the Court of Session (Profile Software Ltd v Becogent Ltd [2005] CSOH 28 (Lord Kingarth, Court of Session, 16th February, 2005)) and an engaging argument about the nature of licence rights and copyright….
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With the deadline for responses from the industry having drawn to a close, SML Recycling’s Jeremy Parsons looks at the WEEE consultation paper and its implications for the legal sector…
William Cook of Simmons & Simmons examines the new anti-circumvention regime and the breadth of protection it brings….
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Readers of this magazine, more than most, are used to the law changing rapidly to accommodate changes in technology. When it comes to the law as it affects minors, however, and their ability to enter into commercial arrangements, we find a landscape that has essentially stayed unchanged for centuries. Robin Bynoe explains why the new technology and ancient legal principle could collide….