Nov 30, 2023 Court of Appeal finds in favour of CMA cloud market investigation By Annalisa Tosdevin The Court of Appeal has today ruled unanimously that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was justified in launching a market...
Nov 30, 2023 Supreme Court confirms Deliveroo riders are not “in employment” By Clare Fletcher Helena Davies Employment status in the gig economy has been under scrutiny for almost as long as the platforms have existed. The original model was one...
Nov 30, 2023 AI update – will the EU AI Act get agreed next week and what’s happening in the UK? By Natalie Donovan The last few months have been a busy time for AI Regulation - from the US Executive Order, to the UK’s AI Summit (see blog) and private...
Nov 28, 2023 NFTs: CMS Committee highlights scale of potential copyright infringement By Richard Barker Last year, NFTs were everywhere and IP lawyers across the country were grappling to understand their potential impact on IP rights. This...
Nov 27, 2023 What you need to know about the new EU Data Act By Dr Nele Dhondt Jordan Ellison Following a political deal between the Council and the European Parliament (EP) on 27 June 2023 and formal adoption by the EP on 9...
Nov 23, 2023 UK government publishes responses to consultation on the Computer Misuse Act 1990 By Ollie Cantrill Cyber continues to be a key threat for both organisations and governments. The UK government has been considering for some time whether...
Nov 20, 2023 UK signs joint statement against ransomware payments – “New norm” or status quo? By Andres Chau On 2 November 2023, the UK government announced that it and more than 40 countries had signed a Joint Statement strongly discouraging the...
Nov 14, 2023 OpenAI offers to indemnify ChatGPT customers for copyright infringement By Catherine O'Callaghan OpenAI has announced that it will protect its business customers against copyright infringement lawsuits, following the lead of...
Nov 06, 2023 What can we learn from the UK’s AI Summit? By Natalie Donovan The UK held the world’s first AI safety summit last week at Bletchley Park – a location famous for codebreaking (it was where Alan...
Oct 30, 2023 Watch how you sign – handwriting only for assigning a European patent application By Charles MacRae You’ve made your European patent application. You now want to assign it. You check the relevant provision of the European Patent...
Oct 27, 2023 High Court places impact of Brexit on trade mark infringement on “advance track” By Richard Barker The High Court has recently considered trade mark infringement through the use of a competitor’s mark as a Google keyword and in related...
Oct 25, 2023 Equifax: a new dawn for FCA enforcement? By Tabitha Harris The FCA’s recent decision to fine Equifax Limited (“Equifax”) £11,164,400 for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer...
Oct 25, 2023 Clearview AI: the First-Tier Tribunal decision provides a clearer view on behavioural monitoring By Natasha Pappas The First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) has allowed the appeal of the ICO’s fining and enforcement notices against Clearview AI Inc (Clearview)....
Oct 25, 2023 UK government finalises IoT cybersecurity requirements By Ollie Cantrill The UK government has published the final version of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements...
Oct 19, 2023 Same same but different: welcome alignment in ICO draft Data Protection Fining Guidance By Ross O'Mahony On 2 October 2023, the ICO released for consultation new draft guidance on how it decides to issue penalty notices and calculate fines...
Oct 17, 2023 CMA launches market investigation into public cloud infrastructure services By Adam Bruell On 5 October 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority launched a market investigation into the supply of public cloud...