Pat Treacy looks at two recent developments that have concerned companies involved with horseracing databases and memory technology. What are the implications for the pricing conduct of companies with an edge over their rivals?…
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Edward Phillips and Andrew Lothian explain the background to a case where a spammer was made to pay….
Growth in the use of benchmarking has been more than matched by moans and groans about the process and the anomalies it can throw up. Neil Barton applies his wide experience to offer advice on improving the drafting and implementation of benchmarking clauses….
In March 2007, the OGC published new guidance and standards for the procurement of Next Generation Networks by the public sector. Callum Sinclair looks at the background and drivers behind the production of this documentation, gives an overview of the content and considers how it fits together with existing OGC guidance and model contracts for ICT procurement….
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On 27 September 2006, the Court of First Instance decided in favour of 400 accredited .eu registrars and three domain name registrants in their ongoing battle with the European Registry for Internet Domains VZW (EURid). Bastiaan Bruyndonckx explains….
You may have seen – or indeed, if you were unfortunate, have been involved in – a recent high profile attack on the legal profession, which took place via email and attempted to retrieve the banking details of those individuals targeted. James Turnbull outlines how the legal sector, like virtually every other industry, is now officially under attack from the scourge of the spammer….
Helen Hart considers this consultation process, which has important implications for online sales….
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Alexander Carter-Silk reviews a recent Court of Appeal decision dealing with ownership by employers and employees of unpatentable ideas and software….
The European Patent Office (EPO) has today turned down a request from the Court of Appeal in Aerotel/Macrossan to clarify the European position on software patentability….
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In a fascinating judgment, albeit its fascination lies more in schadenfreude than legal analysis, Mr Justice Kitchin expresses the view that, however free from restraint they are alleged to be, MySpace and YouTube can be controlled by the High Court….