Jul 25, 2022 A “background hygiene factor”? The UKIPO publishes its study on IP and investment in AI By George Mole In its recent study on IP and investment in AI, the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”) considered the extent to which the UK’s IP...
Jul 21, 2022 Introducing the UK’s Data Protection and Digital Information Bill By Bryony Bacon “Through this Bill we will realise the opportunities of responsible data use whilst maintaining the UK’s high data protection standards.”...
Jul 20, 2022 Succeeding by Design: Government considers changes to UK designs system By Slaughter and May The UKIPO has published its response to its Call for Views on the UK’s designs system. Although the UKIPO has provided no firm policy...
Jul 20, 2022 Is the NIS regime working? Changes proposed in new review By Slaughter and May This month, the Government published its second post-implementation review of the 2018 Network and Information Systems (‘NIS’)...
Jul 19, 2022 UK diverges from EU on new plans for AI regulation By Natalie Donovan The 18th July was a busy day for AI in the UK. As well as publishing the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, which includes AI...
Jul 19, 2022 Crypto winter, regulatory spring By Emily Bradley Until not so long ago, lawyers like me would have to trawl the internet for a whispered mention of crypto from a regulator, and it took...
Jul 12, 2022 Has the ICO just told lawyers not to advise clients to pay ransoms? By Natalie Donovan Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and more organisations have been paying the ransoms in recent months. In light of this, the ICO and...