European Technology Transfer Regulation Embraces Software Licences – but is it all good news?
Duncan Curley and Davina Garrod examine the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation and consider its consequences….
Privacy & Data Protection
IFCLA Conference
As Nigel Miller observes in his introductory remarks in the full programme for this event, computer law issues are especially likely to cross jurisdictional boundaries and IT lawyers need to know something of the law and practice outside their home jurisdiction to be fully effective. This conference provides an opportunity to acquire that knowledge in…
Think Big. Start Small. Scale Quickly.
The London Solicitors Litigation Association organised a seminar on 26 March called The Impact of IT on the Civil Courts. The aim was to explore “the impact of IT on the process and procedure of the Civil Courts today and in the future”. Chris Dale of Oxford Law and Computing found some glimmers of hope in the detail despite the broken promises of Government. But he feels that it lies in our own hands to move forward – and we can start tomorrow….
Has Your Trademark Been Googled?
Google’s power as a search tool gives it immense commercial power too. Nigel Miller reviews the effect of its sale of keywords on trademarks. This is an edited version of an article which first appeared in the Solicitors’ Journal….
Flights and Rights: Anonymisation, Data-Matching and Privacy
As the EU and US debate sharing of airline passenger information, Stewart Baker, Maury Shenk, Kees Kuilwijk, Winnie Chang and Daniel Mah of Steptoe & Johnson examine the special circumstances and the extent to which sophisticated anonymisation techniques can resolve some of the most difficult conflicts between privacy and security….
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Is Your E-mail Being Rejected?
South African attorney Dr Gerrie Ebersöhn assesses potential liability for the e-mail that gets filtered out by spam filtering software….
SCL 30th Anniversary Lecture: Richard Christou on “Thirty Years of Law in the IT industry”
This event mixed celebration with illumination. A full transcript of the lecture is now available as well as Richard Harrison’s sparkling report of the event….
Editorial
Legal Knowledge Management Group Plans for the creation of this new Interest Group are now well advanced. It is to be formed in March and the prime movers behind its creation are looking for interested SCL members to contact Caroline Gould to register their interest. Both ordinary members and those with a real commitment to…
Data Protection, Human Rights and Freedom of Information: Latest Developments
This article is adapted from a talk given by Clive Davies of Olswang at the SCL Third Annual IT Law Conference….
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Can we can the spam?
Dr. David Wall of Leeds University asks the question we would all like to see answered with a ‘YES’….