31 Jul, 2020 Crippled by comprehensiveness: are online marketplaces "similar" to direct sellers of similar goods? By Slaughter and May The European courts are considering online/offline retail, again. Heard it all before? Worth tuning in again, as Advocate General Hogan...
29 Jul, 2020 Studies on AI adoption and checklists for AI trustworthiness – the EU gets busy on AI By Natalie Donovan The EU has been busy this month progressing its AI agenda. A new EU study published today confirms that AI use across the EU is on the...
28 Jul, 2020 The course of the UPC never did run smooth: the UK officially withdraws its participation By Slaughter and May In what has felt like death by a thousand cuts, the UK has officially withdrawn its ratification of the UPC Agreement. For our earlier...
28 Jul, 2020 Sky v SkyKick battles on but permission to appeal granted: more uncertainty for brand owners By Slaughter and May These trade mark proceedings are quickly becoming a modern-day Jarndyce v Jarndyce. As discussed in previous blog posts (here and here),...
27 Jul, 2020 Stay on the back pages - NCSC urges sport to take cyber security seriously By Slaughter and May The sports sector has been urged to tighten its cyber security after a range of attacks by hackers, including an attempt to sabotage a...
27 Jul, 2020 Cutting out the middle man: Digital Regulatory Reporting By Slaughter and May On 7 April 2020 the FCA published its 2020/21 Business Plan announcing that, in addition to its key priorities, one of its cross-sectoral...
23 Jul, 2020 Fastest finger first? Nominet opens consultation on expiring .uk domains By Slaughter and May Highly desirable… Diamonds? Willy Wonka’s “Golden Ticket”? Contested by multiple parties… The Iron Throne? Gone in seconds… Glastonbury...
23 Jul, 2020 House of Lords: we need an Online Harms Bill to save our democracy By Slaughter and May Lockdown has created a perfect storm of debate around online content. We are more reliant than ever on our social media drip-feed, which...
22 Jul, 2020 EPO filing statistics: is 3D printing due some hype (again)? By Slaughter and May Many predictions have been made about 3D printing over the years. They have ranged from hype that every household would have its own 3D...
21 Jul, 2020 Should platforms like YouTube be liable for illegal uploads? By Slaughter and May As in all good legal conundrums, the answer is ‘well that depends’. If you are Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe in the recent joined...
16 Jul, 2020 Consumer Internet of Things: European Commission launches sector inquiry By Alice Maldoom Today, the European Commission launched a sector inquiry into the Internet of Things for consumer-related products and services in the...
16 Jul, 2020 A simpler and more modern tax environment sounds good – but what about tax competition? By Zoe Andrews The Apple case is seen as raising the (very) hot topic of how a multinational group like Apple should be taxed in a modern, digital...
16 Jul, 2020 Court of Justice of the European Union approves continued use of EU model clauses, but strikes down EU-US Privacy Shield By Slaughter and May The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has published its long-awaited decision in the case of Data Protection Commissioner...
14 Jul, 2020 Putting the "order" into cross-border payments By Slaughter and May It's been just over a year since Libra, the stablecoin concept seeded by Facebook and developed with a consortium of financial...
13 Jul, 2020 “I told you NO, you can’t have their number…” – CJEU confirms IP Enforcement Directive does not require disclosure of email addresses, telephone numbers or IP addresses By Slaughter and May When was the last time you sent a friend a letter? Now how about an email? In a digital world, should the meaning of the word ‘addresses’...
13 Jul, 2020 Platform to Business Regulation goes online By Paul Walter While the European Commission consults on a package of widespread legal reforms for the digital economy, new measures aimed at ensuring a...