A committee of MPs has called for the Home Secretary to increase the penalty for offences under the Data Protection Act 1998, s 55…
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CPD Online: IT in Financial Services: New Rights and New Risks
Questions arising from the podcast of the meeting of 28 May on aspects of open source. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course Code HW/SFCL35. 1.75 hours of CPD…
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HTC v Apple Judgment Now Published
The judgment in the High Court case concerning multi-touch and numerous other patents was given on 4 July…
Resale of Software Licences: Latest ECJ Judgment
The Court of Justice of the European Union has given judgment on a referral from a German court on the directive on the legal protection of computer programs and the first sale rules…
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Nominet DRS Procedure Scrutinised
In a case destined to be read in the future only by lawyer geeks and those interested in the ‘access to justice’ camp, Mr Justice Mann ruled in March that Nominet’s Dispute Resolution Service and the relevant policy and procedures effectively prevented a party which had used the procedure from having the dispute heard again by the High Court. Paul A Harris looks a little more deeply into the judgment and its implications….
Cloud Computing: New Article 29 Working Party Opinion
The Article 29 Working Part has adopted a new Opinion which ‘analyses all relevant issues for cloud computing service providers operating in the EEA and their clients’….
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Microsoft v EU Commission – Latest Instalment
The most recently imposed penalty payment for Microsoft’s failure to allow its competitors access to interoperability information has been upheld by the ECJ…
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Cut Costs vs Client Focus: New Survey Results
A new study suggests law firms are focused on cutting costs from ageing IT, despite saying they are prioritising the client…
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LIEBOR Disappointment
I was surprised to find that the banking rate fix scandal was a cause of disappointment. But it was….
Time to Move on…
Alastair Morrison explains that, if you have yet to move away from XP, you will have to fairly soon. He looks at the options that might ease the transition….