Sep 29, 2022 Acquiring start-ups under the improved R&D regime By Kasim Mehmood The UK is, and intends to remain, a leading start-up hub for the tech and other sectors. R&D tax reliefs play a key role in incentivising...
Sep 28, 2022 One tech tip a day keeps the hacker away: NCSC publishes new guidance on how to keep IP safe in cyberspace By Ioanna Antcheva Cyber risks, and the reputational fallout that might ensue, are not a new addition to the woes that keep IP practitioners up at night....
Sep 28, 2022 SEPs and FRAND – English Courts Remain Essential By Reinhardt Biermann Richard Barker SEPs and FRAND have been hot topics for a while and there are no signs of that changing any time soon. In the last couple of months alone...
Sep 27, 2022 Merging crypto and ESG By Emily Bradley On 15 September 2022 the long-awaited transition to a 'proof-of-stake' consensus mechanism on Ethereum—referred to as 'The Merge'—finally...
Sep 23, 2022 Exclusive jurisdiction clauses and software licences – High Court reminds us that they’re not so simple By Richard Barker When you are ‘buying’ (in this case, licensing) software, you want to know the risks associated with the deal. One key risk is where you...
Sep 16, 2022 Privacy-enhancing technologies: what are they and when do you use them? New ICO guidance helps explain By Jack Higgins On 7 September, the ICO published its draft guidance on the use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). The draft forms the latest...
Sep 08, 2022 Organisations could face new security requirements under ‘cyber duty to protect’ plans? By Natalie Donovan Government call for information suggests new security requirements could be introduced to protect online accounts and user data from...
Sep 07, 2022 And then there were three...Law Commission digital asset reform proposes 3rd class of personal property By Laura Monaghan In the introduction to its recent consultation on Digital Assets, the Law Commission states that it is proposing few changes to the law,...