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It’s game over at level 1 for Nintendo DS mod chip importer – Nintendo v Playables and Chan, High Court

11 August 2010 | Mark Weston

Nintendo has obtained summary judgment in its claim against the importer of a mod chip product that circumvented Nintendo’s technological copy-protection measures intended to stop unlawful copies of...

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IBM becomes latest IT giant to be investigated by European Commission over possible competition law issues

11 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission is investigating whether IBM has abused its dominant position contrary to Article 102 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (formerly Article 82 of the EC Treaty)....

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‘Perpetual’ can have different meanings but depending on the context perpetual agreements may be terminated – BMS Computer Solutions v AB Agri, High Court

24 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

BMS had entered into two agreements with a licensee of its software – one for the licence and the other was a support and maintenance agreement. The licence agreement was for 10 years but subject to...

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Government promises G-Cloud so public sector can share applications

29 January 2010 | Mark Weston

The Government has announced that it plans to create the ‘G-Cloud’ - a cloud of software applications for the public sector to use. The aim is to save £3 billion a year so that central government,...

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Microsoft forced to change Word and Office in US in response to patent infringement ruling

12 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Microsoft has been forced to pull some of its versions of Word and Office from sale in the US, after a US court had ruled that its software applications had infringed i4i’s patents. Microsoft was also...

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Protection for Amazon’s Kindle hacked

4 January 2010 | Mark Weston

The digital rights management software for Amazon’s Kindle has been hacked. Kindle is a platform developed by Amazon for displaying e-books. The hack attack means that e-books stored on the reader can...

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My IT predictions for 2010

17 December 2009 | Paul Gershlick

Here are my predictions for 2010, as quoted by the Society for Computers & Law: "Last year, I predicted that IT projects would take a battering unless they could be financially justified by reducing...

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Software case highlights need to deal expressly with copyright ownership in contract if commissioner wants to own it – ICEL v Virrage, High Court

15 December 2009 | Mark Weston

ICEL and Virrage entered into an agreement regarding the development of infection control software for hospitals. One of Virrage’s directors had also been a director with LIS, a company that had not...

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