Mar 21, 2023 A "new era of IP protection in Europe” as the sun (finally) rises on the UPC By Michael Maquieira On 17 February, Germany deposited its ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the “UPCA”). This was the final step in...
Mar 15, 2023 Oxford University’s IP Policy put under the microscope as High Court considers questions of fairness By Richard Barker As part of a novel defence to a claim for unpaid royalties relating to the use of IP rights in a specialised microscope, the High Court...
Mar 10, 2023 That's my crypto – fork it over! By Matthew Harman How far would you go to get your hands on billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency? Dr Craig White, who also claims to be Satoshi...
Mar 09, 2023 UK privacy reform progresses - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill in Parliament (again) By Bryony Bacon The new draft of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, containing the Government’s data protection reform proposals,...
Mar 08, 2023 Remote driving: Law Commission gears up for regulatory change By Charles MacRae Autonomous vehicles have dominated headlines for some time now, but the Law Commission has recently turned its attention to remote...
Feb 22, 2023 WEF: Without AI we won’t meet ESG Goals By Natalie Donovan The World Economic Forum has recently said that without AI, we won’t meet ESG goals and beat climate change. It is clear that...
Feb 21, 2023 Tech and Sustainability are inseparable: key takeaways from ClimateTech roundtable By Laura Houston Harry Hecht George Mole Chaya Kupperman +1 more... Show less There is nothing novel in the suggestion that technology has a central role to play in tackling the climate crisis. However, after...
Feb 14, 2023 How would you like to pay? Moving towards the digital pound By Emily Bradley In a significant step, the Bank of England and HM Treasury have declared that it is "likely" that a digital pound—the catchy moniker for...
Feb 14, 2023 Faces and breaches: ICO doubles down on tailored approach to UK data enforcement By Alex Buchanan In the first few weeks of 2023, the ICO has continued to espouse its commitment to exercising its full spectrum of enforcement powers....
Feb 13, 2023 UK and US Governments crack down on ransomware criminals By Natalie Donovan Handling ransom demands (and whether it possible and/or desirable to pay) is one of the most critical aspects of managing a cyber attack....
Feb 03, 2023 Are the Floodgates Opening? The Future of Large Datasets in AI By Matthew Harman The use of large third-party datasets in the development of AI models has been a contentious issue for some time now. In the latest...
Feb 02, 2023 Cryptoassets: the next chapter By Emily Bradley Yesterday, HM Treasury published its much anticipated vision for the future of the financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets....
Feb 01, 2023 Crypto: Promo Go Slow (Part 2) By Tim Fosh Just a week after the FCA's review of AML registration applications by crypto firms, we've now got two important publications from the UK...
Feb 01, 2023 Crypto-ing the line By Tim Fosh Back at the very beginning of 2020 Covid-19 still hadn't been designated a pandemic, Brexit still wasn't quite 'done' and you could start...
Jan 31, 2023 To borrow or not to borrow: key considerations for “venture debt” deals By James Cook Phoebe McGibbon Callum Morganti If you are a tech start-up, or your organisation invests in or helps develop them, you will have seen market speculation that 2023 is...
Jan 26, 2023 CJEU says Amazon may be liable for trade mark infringement for sale of counterfeit Louboutins By Richard Barker Richard McDonnell The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has held that online sales websites like Amazon that operate a “hybrid” business...