SCL has responded to the Copyright and Enforcement Directorate’s consultation on Gowers 36 and other proposals….
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OGC Model Contract Questionnaire
PartnershipsUK is seeking feedback on the use of the OGC ICT Services Model Contract by inviting suitable responses to a questionnaire…
Patenting Computer Programs: The Symbian Effect!
Mark Daniels and Nick McDonald examine the latest judgment from the Court of Appeal on computer patents and its wider implications….
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Contract Law Update – Exclusion Clauses and Global Claims
The CPD questions from the podcast of the recent SCL meeting on Contract Law Update – Exclusion Clauses and Global Claims presented by Alex Charlton QC and Jeremy Mash (SCL Online CPD Course Questions – course code: HW/SFCL39 1.5 hours)…
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Intelligent Agents and Internet Commerce in Ancient Rome
Andrew Katz highlights the lessons that might be learned from the conduct of commerce in Ancient Rome. He identifies the parallels between the role of slaves and the regulation of intelligent agents in the modern world….
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Private Prosecutions for Copyright Infringement
This article from Nick Kounoupias is a guide to the what, when, how, and how much, of bringing criminal proceedings when your copyright is stolen….
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Does Street View Have Street Cred?
Mark Weston considers the many privacy and data protection issues associated with Google’s new Street View project….
Open Source and Branding
Branding really matters in the free and open source software (FOSS) world. Alex Newson explores the legal issues and the protection available to open source contributors and projects who care about their brand….
Data Sharing and Fraud
The Home Office laid the final version of the Code ‘Data sharing for the Prevention of Fraud’ before Parliament on 6 October….
Symbian and Computer Patents: Court of Appeal Judgment
The Court of Appeal has given a judgment in Symbian Limited v Comptroller General of Patents which favours the granting of computer patents. But the UK-IPO practice and the EPO practice remain at odds….
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