Chris Gough is a Consultant at Grant Thornton. He may becontacted on 0171 728 2289 or at Chris.H.Gough@gtuk.com. All industries, and service industries particularly, have to mobilise andexploit their intangible or invisible assets. The implementation of a knowledgemanagement initiative requires a comprehensive approach that addresses afirm’s culture, its business processes, its management, leadership and its…
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Peter Sommer is Research Fellow at the Computer SecurityResearch Centre, London School of Economics, earns most of his income fromadvising insurers and in expert witness work and is Special Advisor to theCommons Trade and Industry Select Committee on E-Commerce. Details:http://csrc.lse.ac.uk/Sommer/sommer.html Nearly all of the Optical Character Recognition packages available assume thatthe source material consists of…
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Tim Pullan is a solicitor in the IT Telecoms Group at ArnheimTite & Lewis. He may be contacted at tim.pullan@uk.pwcglobal.com. On 12 July, the Government announced that the UK Data Protection Act 1998will come into force on the 1 March 2000. This announcement has ended months ofspeculation about the start date for the new legislation,…
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William Cook is a solicitor in the Intellectual Property andCommunications Groups at Simmons & Simmons, with particular experience inpatent litigation and advice relating to copyright and other forms of protectionof computer software. The recent decision in Mars UK Ltd v Teknowledge (11 June 1999) raisesimportant issues for companies making goods containing computer software, inparticular concerning…
Sarah Ahmed is a Partner and Head of the Commercial Departmentat Anthony Gold Lerman & Muirhead. She can be contacted on 0171 940 4000. Management consultancy, including computer consultancy, is one of theso-called ‘new professions’ who can buy insurance labelled ‘professionalindemnity’ to underwrite their competence. The case of Stephenson Blake (Holdings) Ltd v Streets Heaver…
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Will you mark the millennium by winning or nominating the winner for thisprestigious Award? Since its inception in 1989 over 250 organisations have been nominated forthe award and a record entry is expected in this 25th Anniversary year of theSociety. Each year the profile of the Society’s Award for the most outstandingapplication of Information Technology…
The Scottish Group’s Annual Lecture and Supper was held in Edinburgh
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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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