29 May, 2020 Spring-cleaning: time for a fresh look at the EU competition rules on vertical agreements? By Slaughter and May The European Commission is reviewing the effectiveness and relevance of EU competition rules on supply agreements, namely the Vertical...
21 May, 2020 Are you a responsible tech partner? By Natalie Donovan New government guidance is advising parties to contracts to act responsibly and fairly and support the Covid-19 response. The impact of...
21 May, 2020 ‘How did you get in here?’ - What rights do you have against third parties when your IT staff go rogue? By Slaughter and May The recent High Court case of Media Entertainment NV v Karyagdyyev and another [2020] EWHC 1138 (QB) is interesting, particularly for...
19 May, 2020 New Horizons: Quantum Computing and the Banking Sector By Emily Bradley The stage is set for quantum computing to bring about seismic changes in the world as we know it. As IBM and Google, among others,...
14 May, 2020 Is ICANN retiring some top-level domains? By Slaughter and May Tech businesses are used to reading about ICANN increasing the reach of the internet with more and more top-level domains - it may...
13 May, 2020 A bonanza of buzzwords – The EU on the convergence of Blockchain, AI and IoT By Matthew Harman On 21 April, the EU Blockchain Observatory & Forum (an initiative of the European Commission to accelerate blockchain innovation within...
11 May, 2020 UK government scraps "reading tax" early due to corona lockdown By Slaughter and May The different VAT treatment of electronic publications and their physical world equivalents has long been controversial. As discussed...
08 May, 2020 “AI AI captain, setting course ahead…” – European Parliament publishes draft report on IPRs for development and deployment of AI technologies By Slaughter and May AI is front page news these days. As we have seen here on the Lens, AI can already organise our lock-down lives from the kitchen counter,...
07 May, 2020 ‘NHS COVID-19’ app: are privacy concerns justified? By Slaughter and May The Government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a blog this week on the new NHS COVID-19 app, explaining that the...
06 May, 2020 Sky kicks infringement goal in tech trade mark match with SkyKick By Slaughter and May The numerous trade mark disputes between Sky plc and SkyKick UK Ltd in the UK and EU courts have been important in the development of...
06 May, 2020 Certification: ENISA's view on the problems and how to fix them By Natalie Donovan On 15th April* ENISA published a report on advancing software security in the EU as part of its activities to support the EU’s cyber...
05 May, 2020 Is Covid-19 making hopes of UK adequacy fade further? Privacy in a pandemic By Slaughter and May Prior to the pandemic, hopes of the UK being deemed adequate by the European Commission by the end of the transition period were cautious...
01 May, 2020 Domain names in the time of COVID 19 – EURid steps up scrutiny By Slaughter and May It is not surprising that the use of COVID-19 related domain names has increased significantly in recent months. Some unscrupulous...