31 Jan, 2020 International tax reform: one step forward? By Zoe Andrews The Inclusive Framework's update on its two-pillar approach to addressing the tax challenges of the digitalisation of the economy has...
30 Jan, 2020 Can your AI machine be an inventor? The EPO says no…. By Slaughter and May The European Patent Office (EPO) has published its grounds for refusing two patent applications which named an AI machine as the...
28 Jan, 2020 New product liability rules for AI? By Slaughter and May The European Commission has recently released a report from the Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies (an independent expert...
22 Jan, 2020 Safeguarding children online: ICO publishes code of practice By Slaughter and May It is a well-established concept, firmly rooted in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, that children require special legal...
22 Jan, 2020 UK under increasing pressure to drop planned digital services tax By Zoe Andrews Will the UK actually introduce its digital services tax (DST)? The UK DST is intended to apply from 1 April 2020, although the...
20 Jan, 2020 UK not ready to say goodbye to EU cyber certification By Natalie Donovan Cyber certification is seen by many as an important tool in raising security standards and increasing public confidence in the digital,...
03 Jan, 2020 Digital newspapers and VAT By Tanja Velling A Council Directive of November 2018 purported to finally allow Member States to apply a reduced or zero VAT rate to digital books and...