Aug 19, 2024 Things get Emotional as Court of Appeal says ANN inventions do engage computer program exclusion By Laura Monaghan We have previously discussed (here, here and here) the exclusion of computer programs from UK patentability and its significance to the...
Feb 01, 2024 Watch out! Court of Appeal confirms Samsung liable for trade mark infringing watch face apps By Laura Monaghan The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision finding Samsung liable for trade mark infringement as a primary tortfeasor where...
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,...
Nov 24, 2021 ‘Are we human, or are we dancer?’ UKIPO rethinks IP protection for AI-generated works By Laura Monaghan The Killers, in their song ‘Human’, ponder whether human tendencies hold us back when opportunity presents itself. So too, the UK...
Jul 09, 2021 ‘Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio’: should online radio be built on rock n roll? By Laura Monaghan Internet radio has come a long way since Starship’s hit song ‘We Built This City’ in 1985. Rather than be confined by digital file...
Mar 01, 2021 Ofcom updates NIS guidance By Laura Monaghan Ofcom has updated its guidance for those in the digital infrastructure subsector who are caught by The Network and Information Systems...
Feb 01, 2021 Driving AI development: new UK AI roadmap released By Laura Monaghan On 6 January 2021 the UK Government published an independent report on AI carried out by the AI Council (an independent expert committee...