10/22/2020 9:08:59 PM Is London Calling (again) for the EU Copyright Directive? By Slaughter and May As Mayor of London, Boris Johnson was once asked how he listens to music, “Have you discovered this wonderful thing called YouTube? I am...
10/22/2020 5:09:54 PM The Open COVID Pledge: IP as a pathway through the pandemic? By Slaughter and May As innovators around the world continue their efforts to develop technologies, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to combat COVID-19,...
10/21/2020 4:24:12 PM NIS rules: does your cloud provider need to notify post Brexit? By Natalie Donovan The UK Government’s recent Brexit notice update regarding digital services, published on 16th October, reminds organisations that from 1...
10/20/2020 12:00:00 AM Relief for British Airways, but not for businesses facing fines in the future By Slaughter and May On Friday 16th October, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced its long awaited fine of British Airways plc (BA) for...
10/17/2020 11:40:01 AM EPO and IEA join forces to shed light on trends in sustainable energy technologies By Slaughter and May The European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
10/15/2020 2:00:14 PM FSB pronounces on regulation of stablecoins By Slaughter and May On Monday the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its final report and high level recommendations on the regulation, supervision...
10/15/2020 12:48:49 PM AI and the fight for inventorship – DABUS patent knocked out in UK High Court By Ioanna Antcheva The UK High Court is the latest authority in the ring to referee Dr Stephen Thaler’s endeavour to have his artificial intelligence,...
10/14/2020 12:33:16 PM A resilient future? European Commission proposes a new regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector By Emily Bradley Resilience is a buzzword on the up. According to Google Trends its popularity as a search term in the UK has steadily climbed since 2015...
10/14/2020 12:00:00 AM Emerging Tech - a "double-edged sword", says the EUIPO By Slaughter and May Emerging tech has been a topic of significant interest in recent times: not only for its exciting and innovative subject matter (think of...
10/8/2020 6:14:17 PM FCA calls time out for cryptoasset investments By Emily Bradley On 6 October 2020 the FCA published a Policy Statement (PS20/10) prohibiting the sale to retail clients of certain investment products...
10/5/2020 4:28:28 PM Mass claims for data breaches: if Lloyd v Google doesn’t open the floodgates then perhaps the DCMS will? By Samantha Holland Giving proper effect to individuals’ data privacy rights is at the heart of the GDPR and Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018. It is therefore...
10/2/2020 8:54:13 AM Fines for data privacy breaches - the ICO shows its hand (or, rather, its calculator) By Slaughter and May The ICO has published draft guidance around how it will flex its regulatory muscles when enforcing data privacy legislation in the UK....
10/1/2020 10:46:52 AM US responds to Schrems II judgment By Slaughter and May As many will know, the Schrems II decision has caused quite a stir in the data privacy community, most immediately because of its...