Data is increasingly central to many, if not most, sectors: businesses are focusing as never before on protecting and exploiting their own data, and getting access to others’ data that they need on the best terms.

The past fifteen years have seen a number of cases in the IT sector in which the UK Courts have had to consider the enforceability of contract limitations and exclusions under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (‘UCTA’).

On 31 July 2012, a mere two months after the General Court handed down its judgment in the MasterCard case, the European Commission (the "Commission") sent a supplementary statement of objections ("SSO") to Visa in relation to the multilateral fall-back interchange fees ("MIFs") it charges for transactions with consumer credit cards in the European Economic Area ("EEA") and domestic point of sale transactions in eight EU Member States

With expected further dramatic increases in data traffic due to the growth of IPTV and 4G mobile services and the emergence of traffic management technologies such as ‘deep packet inspection’ which has increased the ability of network operators to prioritise certain types of traffic, the debate concerning net neutrality is becoming even more prominent.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently handed down its judgment in UsedSoft v Oracle - a case which defined the extent to which downloaded software can be re-sold without the permission of the right-holder.

Following protracted considerations by various parts of the EU legislature, the EU Council of Ministers adopted a new Consumer Rights Directive on 10 October 2011.

One of the major narrative themes that has emerged from the Coalition Government has been the idea that "red tape" is stifling Britain’s competitiveness, and its recovery from recession. To that end, over the past 12 – 18 months we have seen a steady flurry of announcements, proposals and reviews.

In November 2011, Bethesda Softworks released the fifth instalment of its Elder Scrolls role playing videogame series.

Your marketing department has requested advice from you – they want you to clear a proposed advertising campaign for the launch of a new product.

Benchmarking continues to be an emotive and, at times, difficult issue for customer and supplier in the outsourcing process, both during contract negotiations and when it comes to implementation.

It’s taken a while for the G20 Declarations at the Washington, London and Toronto summits to turn into law; but, as well as grinding ‘exceeding slow’ like the wheels of justice, the wheels of regulation for financial markets and technology look like grinding ‘exceeding fine’.

At the epicentre of mobile commerce, mobile payments are currently at an inflection point.

Warranties and what is accepted as effective disclosure against those warranties is one of the most time-consuming and heavily negotiated areas of any M&A transaction. Disclosure matters to sellers because an effective disclosure will protect the seller against a claim for breach of warranty.

Mid July saw the chill winds of EU infringement procedures blow across much of Europe.

This article sets out the legal protections which have been put in place to protect the Olympic brand and provides an analysis of the protections that these exclusive rights offer, how these could be infringed and what defences may be available.

In traditional computing infrastructure, a computer's operating system (e.g. Microsoft Windows), applications (e.g. Microsoft Office) and data are stored on an individual user's computer.

The Companies Act 2006 (the "2006 Act"), which is coming into force in stages, is re-shaping company law in the United Kingdom. Parts of the 2006 Act which came into force on 6 April 2008 impact the drafting and execution of technology (and commercial) contracts generally.

For a technology company, the value of the business lies in its people and its ability to exploit the intellectual property rights ("IPR") it owns.

On 11 January 2012, the European Commission published its Green Paper on Card, Internet and Mobile Payments (the "Green Paper") and launched a consultation on that paper.