29 Jun, 2020 Femtech: a bright future ahead By Slaughter and May Move aside fintech, regtech, edtech and proptech – there’s a new buzzword in town. Femtech encompasses software, hardware (including...
23 Jun, 2020 EP suggest amendments to draft AI and IPR report By Slaughter and May As AI solutions continue to become more commonplace, what to do about IP rights for AI developments and deployments are becoming more...
19 Jun, 2020 Digital Services Taxes: How “rough and ready” could become the new normal By Deeksha Rathi The UK’s Digital Services Tax (“DST”), which is a 2% levy on certain revenues derived from search engines, social media services and...
19 Jun, 2020 Is your website Brexit ready? By Natalie Donovan The recent publication by the European Commission of a number of updated Brexit stakeholder notices are a timely reminder for...
19 Jun, 2020 How do you explain AI? Final guidance now published By Natalie Donovan As AI solutions become more prevalent, customers and regulators are demanding increased information about their use, particularly where...
19 Jun, 2020 Cheeky Devils left Red-faced - High Court rejects Manchester United’s procedural request in video game case By Slaughter and May Football and video games have a successful history together. But what happens when a video games company uses one of the biggest names in...
17 Jun, 2020 Apple: Pioneering innovator or digital gatekeeper? By Slaughter and May The Commission announced yesterday the launch of two probes into Apple’s App Store and Apple Pay. These will investigate whether Apple’s...
16 Jun, 2020 WIPO brings ‘poor man’s copyright’ into digital age By Slaughter and May We’ve all heard the one about the author posting their manuscript to themselves (and friends) and keeping the unopened envelopes as proof...
16 Jun, 2020 A clearer road ahead for autonomous vehicles? By Slaughter and May Autonomous Vehicles (“AVs”) are highly topical, with requirements of social distancing driving increased usage of all private vehicles,...
12 Jun, 2020 EURid and Ecommerce Foundation partner to combat online fraud By Slaughter and May Unfortunately, e-commerce fraud is becoming more prevalent as more sales take place online. According to Arkose Labs, in the first...
09 Jun, 2020 Happy 2nd Birthday, NIS Regs… and now time for a review By Slaughter and May The UK Government has published its two-year review of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (the “Regulations”), as...
09 Jun, 2020 UK based .eu domain name owners beware – Brexit is coming By Slaughter and May Are you one of some 142,000 UK based registrants of .eu domain names with a potentially big problem on their hands? One consequence of...
08 Jun, 2020 A crackdown on illegal content – but at what cost? Debate around the EU’s online liability overhaul By Slaughter and May On 2 June 2020 the European Commission launched an official consultation seeking views on its proposed implementation of a new Digital...
04 Jun, 2020 Controlling the gatekeeper: the Commission's digital regulation revolution? By Madalina Secareanu On 2 June 2020, the European Commission launched three consultations that will impact the digital economy. These measures are part of the...
04 Jun, 2020 What if HAL could have IP rights? WIPO joins the conversation on AI and IP By Slaughter and May Movie buffs may recall HAL 9000 as the fictional AI character and main antagonist in Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur Clarke's Space Odyssey...
03 Jun, 2020 Lockdown pirates: at what cost? By Slaughter and May COVID lockdown has had us all settling in to a new way of living. We've learned that the unobserved life doesn't require as much time...