The UK is, and intends to remain, a leading start-up hub for the tech and other sectors. R&D tax reliefs play a key role in incentivising...

Cyber risks, and the reputational fallout that might ensue, are not a new addition to the woes that keep IP practitioners up at night....

SEPs and FRAND have been hot topics for a while and there are no signs of that changing any time soon. In the last couple of months alone...

On 15 September 2022 the long-awaited transition to a 'proof-of-stake' consensus mechanism on Ethereum—referred to as 'The Merge'—finally...

When you are ‘buying’ (in this case, licensing) software, you want to know the risks associated with the deal. One key risk is where you...

On 7 September, the ICO published its draft guidance on the use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). The draft forms the latest...

Government call for information suggests new security requirements could be introduced to protect online accounts and user data from...

In the introduction to its recent consultation on Digital Assets, the Law Commission states that it is proposing few changes to the law,...

On Monday 8 August the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado...

In its recent study on IP and investment in AI, the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”) considered the extent to which the UK’s IP...

“Through this Bill we will realise the opportunities of responsible data use whilst maintaining the UK’s high data protection standards.”...

The UKIPO has published its response to its Call for Views on the UK’s designs system. Although the UKIPO has provided no firm policy...

This month, the Government published its second post-implementation review of the 2018 Network and Information Systems (‘NIS’)...

The 18th July was a busy day for AI in the UK. As well as publishing the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, which includes AI...

Until not so long ago, lawyers like me would have to trawl the internet for a whispered mention of crypto from a regulator, and it took...

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and more organisations have been paying the ransoms in recent months. In light of this, the ICO and...