Predictions 2015: IT and Legal Practice
This set of predictions comes from leading consultants and commentators operating in legal IT…
Privacy & Data Protection
Predictions 2015: Academics’ Foresight
While Chris Marsden, Marion Oswald and Monica Horten each have a number of varied roles, they share the special sense of perspective that comes with working in universities…
Cases Round-up
Software Patents: Court of Appeal Supports Refusal In Lantana Ltd v The Comptroller General of Patents, Design and Trade Marks [2014] EWCA Civ 1463, the Court of Appeal has supported the rulings of the Comptroller and Birss J and ruled against granting a patent in respect of software. As Arden LJ put it, ‘the invention…
EU Guidelines on Cloud Computing Service Agreements
Pearse Ryan and Niall Donnelly bring us up to date and tell you what you need to know about the guidelines on SLAs in the cloud…
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VAT, Digital Content and Video Games
Jas Purewal gives his practical guide to the EU’s new VAT rules as they affect video games and digital content sales…
Predictions 2015: More Late Extras
Two more sets of predictions from our range of experts on IT law that arrived a little late for inclusion in the main run…
Monetary Penalty: New First-tier Tribunal Ruling
The First-tier Tribunal has considered an appeal against a monetary penalty imposed on an abuser of cold-calling by telephone. The tribunal supported the monetary penalty in a ruling that has wider application…
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Predictions 2015: Late Extras
Two sets of predictions from our range of experts on IT law that arrived a little later than others…
Data Protection and Home CCTV
According to the latest judgment of the CJEU, the Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public footpath…
Consultation: Communications Data
The Home Office has published various consultation document s relating to what it describes as ‘Communications data codes of practice: acquisition, disclosure and retention’…