249 results found

If you are one of the many businesses that make use of open source software such as, GNU/Linux or one of the 4,422 packages currently listed by the Free Software Foundation, then 2006 may be a significant year for you. You are currently licensed to use your ‘free software’ under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence Version 2. This means you are allowed to run, study, modify and redistribute software subject to certain conditions, the most important of which is that if you distribute your

The old maxim, let the buyer beware, is taking on a significance in the relatively new market of second hand software licenses. It is easier for all parties to be aware of risks associated with the proposed sale where the subject matter of the sale is tangible. But with a licence of software what is sold is the permission to use the software.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) made a splash with the publication earlier this year of its paper ‘Algorithms: How they can reduce competition and harm consumers'.

Settlement and licensing agreements have the potential to give rise to competition law risk

On 20th January 2021, the Royal Academy of Engineering's Enterprise Hub published an excellent analysis of the UK's academic spinout landscape.

This year's budget has seen relatively minor changes to the tax treatment of employees. The most significant changes are: Home Computing Initiative, Loan of mobile phones to employees, Childcare Vouchers...

The future for stem cell research in the UK is at a critical point. The UK Government is overhauling the seventeen year old regulatory regime governing use of embryonic stem cells, and, in tandem under the existing law, the UK’s regulatory body has been considering whether to permit research using so-called ‘hybrid’ or ‘chimeric’ embryos.

Amongst the bad news that took up a lot of headlines last year, there was one story at the end of last year that caused a lot of excitement in the life sciences sector.

The draft SI will amend the UK's Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (UK MDR) to introduce the new PMS rules.

Two recent court decisions highlighted perceived shortcomings of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (the "Act"), which may finally be remedied later this year.

The Police and Justice Act 2006, which received royal assent on 8 November, modifies the Computer Misuse Act 1990 making it an offence to launch a denial of service attack in the UK and increasing the penalties for offences committed under the CMA.

A recent appeal from the UK Trade Marks Registry to the High Court has emphasised the need for trade mark owners to file evidence correctly, particularly when seeking to establish a reputation in a mark.

It is often said that copyright protects the expression of an idea, but not the idea itself. The Court of Appeal applied this principle in deciding a recent copyright infringement action over computer games.

The Information Tribunal recently clarified the scope of the “prejudice to commercial interests” exemption to public authorities’ duty to disclose information to the public under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FoIA”). The decision offers little comfort for private sector contractors concerned that their public sector customers could be obliged by FoIA to release sensitive information provided by contractors.

The House of Lords has recently provided guidance on the law of novelty, in particular, what constitutes a disclosure and what is meant by enablement. The case in question was between Synthon BV and SmithKline Beecham plc and the dispute related to who was first to disclose, in a fully enabling fashion, paroxetine methanesulfonate.

The common understanding of "the public" probably conjures up images of a large gathering of people who are audience to an act such as the showing of a film or performance of a play.

The DNA sequencing giant Illumina is locked in a battle with the European Commission (EC) over its $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail.