18 Oct, 2024 A "vote of confidence": the UK government welcomes a spate of investment in UK data centres By Phoebe McGibbon James Cook The UK government has welcomed plans from four operators to invest £6.3 billion in UK data centre infrastructure, announced on Monday as...
17 Oct, 2024 Are you ready for NIS2 – new EU cyber law applies from 18 October By Natalie Donovan New European cyber law NIS2 must be implemented at local member state level by 18 October. Do you know if you are in scope (and if you...
17 Oct, 2024 TCS v DBS – Quickfire contracting tips for commercial lawyers By Peter Elkin Digital transformation projects often carry a high level of risk, with much scope to go wrong. Several high-profile issues organisations...
16 Oct, 2024 Revolutionising Regulation: The UK’s New Innovation Office Takes Centre Stage By Alexander Gulli Commitments to boost investment and innovation in the UK were central to the Labour party’s manifesto, as we wrote about in our previous...
30 Sep, 2024 AT&T v Broadcom VMware – are you ready for renewal? By Matthew Harman In the latest move in an interesting (and now very public) dispute, Broadcom has responded to AT&T’s claim against it in the New York...
26 Sep, 2024 The ICO’s cookie focus is extending to ad tech: 5 things you need to know By Bryony Bacon The ICO has confirmed a continuation and extension of its work to tackle cookie compliance. In a statement issued last week, the...
26 Sep, 2024 European Commission publishes Competition Policy Brief on generative AI and virtual worlds By Jonathan Slade Jennyfer Moreau On 19 September 2024, the European Commission published a Policy Brief on competition in generative AI and virtual worlds. The Policy...
18 Sep, 2024 Cyber optics: ICO and NCA sign collaborative memorandum to improve the UK’s cyber resilience By Alex Buchanan On 10 September 2024, the ICO announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Crime Agency (“NCA”). The joint...
16 Sep, 2024 Designating UK Data Centres as Critical National Infrastructure: A New Era of Growth and Security? By James Cook Aaron Wu We shared some views back in December 2023 around the UK government’s consultation on proposed regulations to improve the security and...
13 Sep, 2024 Who’s who in the genAI supply chain: ICO publishes draft guidance on controllership By Cindy Knott In its fifth and final call for evidence on the topic of generative AI (genAI), the ICO has chosen to tackle a complex, but important,...
12 Sep, 2024 The EU Data Act - one year to go: what you need to know to prepare By Jonathan Slade Laura Houston Whether you want to explore different aftercare services for the IoT products you use, switch your cloud service provider, or agree...
19 Aug, 2024 Things get Emotional as Court of Appeal says ANN inventions do engage computer program exclusion By Slaughter and May We have previously discussed (here, here and here) the exclusion of computer programs from UK patentability and its significance to the...
15 Aug, 2024 Hong Kong Introduces Regulatory Regime for Stablecoin Issuers By Vincent Chan Despite its name, the global stablecoin market has been far from stable in recent years. In response, regulators and governments across...
15 Aug, 2024 Process this: ICO issues £6 million provisional fine against processor Advanced Computer Software By Alex Buchanan Following its initial finding that software provider Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced, now trading as OneAdvanced) failed...
13 Aug, 2024 Talking AI with the experts - Faculty explain compliance through a technical lens By Natalie Donovan We know that AI raises a wide range of legal risks, and that you need to understand enough about how the technology works to fully...
06 Aug, 2024 Time is money: Court of Appeal confirms interest is payable on, and limitation periods do not apply to, past royalties due in FRAND claims By Peter Elkin The Court of Appeal has handed down its much anticipated decision in the FRAND licence dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo. Both...