This issue is dominated by predictions. I am most grateful to the many who responded to my call for predictions: you certainly entertained and intrigued me and I trust that the readers of the magazine will be similarly engaged and pleased. What was striking though was how few respondents were tempted to take up my…
This set of predictions comes from leading consultants and commentators operating in legal IT…
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…
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…
Jas Purewal gives his practical guide to the EU’s new VAT rules as they affect video games and digital content sales…
Two more sets of predictions from our range of experts on IT law that arrived a little late for inclusion in the main run…
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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Two sets of predictions from our range of experts on IT law that arrived a little later than others…
The Article 29 Working Party has adopted a Joint Statement of some general principles. What value does it have?…
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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…