Richard Harrison is a partner in Laytons, a firm of solicitorswith four offices nationwide. He can be contacted on 0171 842 8000 or richardh@laytons.com The last issue contained William Cook’s detailed review of the implicationsof Mars UK Limited v Teknowledge Limited (11 June 1999). This was asuperb analysis of both the issue of confidence in…
Intellectual Property in a Peripheral Jurisdiction
Annual Lecture to the Scottish Group of Society for Computers & Law, 22 June 1999…
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Beyond Technological Solutions for the Protection of Confidential Commercial Information on the Internet
C D Freedman is Herchel Smith Research Fellow in the Law ofIntellectual Property at Emmanuel College. He can be contacted at EmmanualCollege, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3AP or via e-mail at cdf25@cam.ac.uk The Internet is no place for secrets, commercial or otherwise. It is reasonable to assume that by now all prudent business people…
RE Allison; v Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, Ex Parte Allison
On 5 August 1999, the House of Lords ruled on an extraditioncase which has major implications for computer misuse cases. A report taken fromthe Butterworths ‘next-day’ reporting service, All ER Direct is reproducedbelow. The case is now fully reported at [1993] 4 All ER 1. The applicant was arrested at the request of the United…
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Re-structuring SCL – Our Vision for the Future
Chris Reed and John Irving are Joint Chairmen of SCL. SCL reached a milestone in its history this year. It is 25 years since a bandof enlightened lawyers recognised the need for an organisation to push forwardthe introduction of ‘computers’ into the legal profession. That battle hasbeen won, and the emphasis has changed from pioneering…
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Scottish Group AGM
Ewan McIntyre is head of the IP/IT Group of Edinburgh law firmRobson McLean WS (www.robson-mclean.co.uk). The Group gathered in the offices of Messrs Shepherd & Wedderburn WS,Edinburgh, for the 1999 AGM and Group meeting on 22 September 1999. The AGM waschaired by the Group’s Chairman, John Sibbald. Events The meeting opened with the formalities of…
From the Editor’s Chair
Free the Law By the time this issue hits members’ desks we will be only days away fromthe Free the Law event in London on 8 November. Regular readers will need noreminding that the issues concern making primary legal information freelyavailable on the Internet and the ways in which the information revolution canbe made to…
Computer Misuse Prosecutions
Peter Sommer examines the lessons to be taken from two recent prosecutions under the Computer Misuse Act 1990….
Scottish Group Report: A Digital Termite?
Elizabeth Thompson of Avizandum Law Books reports on a Meeting of the Scottish Group held at Bird Semple, Glasgow, 10 May 1999.
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From the Editor’s Chair
Dotty Com and Legal Realities…