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Reverse-engineering and disassembly of IBM mainframe software in breach of software licence (IBM v LzLabs) - Part 1
United Kingdom - May 19 2025 In IBM United Kingdom Ltd v LzLabs GmbH and others [2025] EWHC 532 (TCC), the High Court has provided useful guidance on what constitutes unlawful…
Reverse-engineering and disassembly of IBM mainframe software in breach of software licence (IBM v LzLabs) - Part 2
United Kingdom - May 19 2025 For the background to this claim see our first article that focuses on whether any of the acts alleged to be in breach of the licence agreement (the…
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act becomes law
United Kingdom - June 4 2024 Following the announcement of a date for the General Election, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC) rapidly sped through the…
Ofcom's "Roadmap to Regulation" underway with its consultation on illegal harms duties under the Online Safety Act
United Kingdom - January 12 2024 In November, Ofcom, as new online safety regulator, published the first of four major consultations under the Online Safety Act ("OSA"), which sets…
Criminal Liability for Senior Managers under the Online Safety Act
United Kingdom - October 5 2023 Under the Online Safety Act (OSA), Senior Managers of in-scope services could be held personally liable in certain circumstances for the company's…
5 Online Safety Act common misconceptions - debunked
United Kingdom - October 5 2023 It is one of the more divisive pieces of legislation to be introduced in recent years which will fundamentally shape the way the internet operates…
The November 2023 AI safety summit and the UK's direction of travel
United Kingdom - August 29 2023 The government has confirmed that the UK AI safety summit will be held at Bletchley Park on 1 and 2 November 2023. At the summit, companies leading…
Telecoms supply agreement excludes "loss of profit" claim under "anticipated profits" liability exclusion (EE v Virgin Mobile)
United Kingdom - August 25 2023 In line with a number of recent cases, in EE Limited v Virgin Mobile Telecoms Limited [2023] EWHC 1989 (TCC) the courts have shown that parties…
Rolls-Royce entitled to hit the brakes in dispute over termination of a software services agreement (Topalsson v Rolls-Royce)
United Kingdom - August 14 2023 In Topalsson GmbH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited [2023] EWHC 1765 (TCC), the High Court has provided useful guidance on how to determine whether a…
A narrow escape - software services provider entitled to rely on single aggregate liability cap (Drax v Wipro)
United Kingdom - July 25 2023 When it comes to bespoke software development projects, a lot can go wrong. There's risk for the customer such as project delays, software defects…
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