Code breakers: our thanks to the dozens of readers who entered the not-overly-difficult The Da Vinci Code-inspired competition set by our IP/IT legal update columnist Richard Taylor at the end of his article in the 3 May issue. The answer was that the first letter of each paragraph spelled out 'Law Society'. As one entrant, Lewis Hulatt of Surrey firm Hedleys, observed: 'I don't think the ten seconds it took to spot that will make much of a novel. However, if that is an excuse for a Europe-wide jaunt at the Gazette's expense, I'm up for it.' It was a kind offer, but sadly for Mr Hulatt, the first name out of the hat for the book token was Geraldina Mattsson, a solicitor at Black Country firm George Green. One entrant caused some controversy in the Obiter offices - Guy Sheppard, a senior assistant in the film and TV group at Cheltenham-based media firm Wiggin. According to the firm's website, Mr Sheppard actually acted for Columbia Pictures as UK counsel on the film version of The Da Vinci Code, but that didn't seem enough to us to disqualify him from entering. A few were disqualified for entering after the competition had closed - let that be a lesson to you about leaving it too long to read your Gazette. Our favourite entry, however, was fantastically legalistic: 'The first letter in the first word of each para (other than those marked with a bullet point) together spell "Law Society".'