Contributors | p. xi |
Table of Cases | p. xv |
Tables of Legislation | p. xxix |
Abbreviations | p. lvii |
Introduction | p. lxi |
Commercial Exploitation of Information Technology Products and Services | |
System Supply Contracts | p. 3 |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Principal Legal Issues Applicable to System Supply Contracts | p. 6 |
Commercial and Drafting Aspects | p. 26 |
Additional Considerations for Specific Contracts | p. 41 |
Conclusion | p. 51 |
Mass Market Online and Technology Contracting | p. 53 |
Governing Rules of Law | p. 60 |
Common Terms and Key Issues in Mass Market Online and Technology Contracting | p. 102 |
Conclusion | p. 134 |
Information Technology Outsourcing and Services Arrangements | p. 139 |
Introduction | p. 139 |
The IT Outsourcing Contract | p. 161 |
Sale Agreements | p. 182 |
Staff and Transfers of Undertakings | p. 185 |
Exit Issues | p. 189 |
Conclusion | p. 192 |
Online Commerce | |
Electronic Commerce | p. 197 |
Introduction-What is Electronic Commerce? | p. 197 |
Online Contracts | p. 199 |
Electronic Records as Evidence | p. 215 |
B2B e-Commerce | p. 220 |
B2C e-Commerce | p. 226 |
Cross-Border Issues | p. 227 |
Online Intermediaries | p. 233 |
Introduction-What is an Online Intermediary? | p. 233 |
Contractual Liability | p. 236 |
Liability for Third Party Provided Content | p. 239 |
Conclusion | p. 278 |
Intellectual Property and Related Rights in Information Technology | |
Patent Protection for Computer-Related Inventions | p. 283 |
An Overview of the Patent System | p. 283 |
Patents for Computer-Related Inventions in Detail | p. 287 |
Other Aspects of Patent Law | p. 319 |
Why Exclude Anything from Patentability? | p. 327 |
The Future | p. 331 |
Copyright in Information Technology and Data | p. 337 |
Introduction | p. 337 |
In What Can Copyright Subsist? | p. 344 |
Ownership and Duration of Copyright | p. 352 |
Infringement of Copyright | p. 357 |
Scope of Protection for Computer Programs and Data | p. 368 |
Moral Rights | p. 390 |
Civil Remedies, Criminal Sanctions, and Procedural Matters | p. 392 |
Database Protection | p. 397 |
Electronic Databases and the Need for Legal Protection | p. 398 |
Electronic Database Characteristics | p. 399 |
Rationales for Protecting Databases | p. 402 |
Legal Structures for Protection | p. 403 |
UK Protection of Databases Through Copyright | p. 409 |
Database Right | p. 413 |
Rights of the Database Owner | p. 420 |
Future Developments | p. 425 |
Online Use of Trade Marks and Domain Names | p. 429 |
Introduction | p. 429 |
Trade Marks | p. 430 |
Infringement Online | p. 434 |
Domain Name Alternative Dispute Resolution | p. 442 |
Jurisdiction | p. 451 |
Electronic Privacy and Access to Information | |
Privacy and Data Protection | p. 459 |
Introduction | p. 459 |
International Developments | p. 464 |
Data Protection Act 1998 | p. 469 |
Data Protection and Telecommunications | p. 501 |
Concluding Remarks | p. 504 |
Access to Electronic Information | p. 505 |
Introduction | p. 505 |
Data Protection Act 1998 | p. 507 |
Freedom of Information Act 2000 | p. 509 |
Environmental Information | p. 542 |
Consumer Information and e-Commerce | p. 545 |
Local Authority Records and Reports | p. 546 |
Medical Records and Information | p. 548 |
Access to Information as a Human Right? | p. 548 |
Electronic Information Misuse | |
Computer Crime and Information Misuse | p. 553 |
Introduction | p. 553 |
Computer-Related Offences | p. 554 |
Content-Related Offences | p. 561 |
Computer Integrity Offences | p. 564 |
International Harmonization | p. 578 |
Jurisdictional Issues | p. 583 |
Forensic Issues | p. 585 |
Evidential Issues | p. 595 |
Concluding Remarks | p. 598 |
Index | p. 601 |
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