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Supreme Court confirms Deliveroo riders are not “in employment”

United Kingdom - November 30 2023 Employment status in the gig economy has been under scrutiny for almost as long as the platforms have existed. The original model was one of…

AI update - will the EU AI Act get agreed next week and what’s happening in the UK?

European Union, United Kingdom - November 30 2023 The last few months have been a busy time for AI Regulation - from the US Executive Order, to the UK’s AI Summit (see blog) and private members bill…

Court of Appeal finds in favour of CMA cloud market investigation

United Kingdom - November 30 2023 The Court of Appeal has today ruled unanimously that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was justified in launching a market investigation…

NFTs: CMS Committee highlights scale of potential copyright infringement

United Kingdom - November 28 2023 Last year, NFTs were everywhere and IP lawyers across the country were grappling to understand their potential impact on IP rights. This year, we’ve…

What you need to know about the new EU Data Act

European Union - November 27 2023 Following a political deal between the Council and the European Parliament (EP) on 27 June 2023 and formal adoption by the EP on 9 November 2023, the…

UK government publishes responses to consultation on the Computer Misuse Act 1990

United Kingdom - November 23 2023 November 23, 2023 | 3 Minutes read Cyber continues to be a key threat for both organisations and governments. The UK government has been considering…

UK signs joint statement against ransomware payments - “New norm” or status quo?

United Kingdom - November 20 2023 On 2 November 2023, the UK government announced that it and more than 40 countries had signed a Joint Statement strongly discouraging the payment of…

OpenAI offers to indemnify ChatGPT customers for copyright infringement

United Kingdom - November 14 2023 OpenAI has announced that it will protect its business customers against copyright infringement lawsuits, following the lead of Microsoft, Google and…

What can we learn from the UK’s AI Summit?

European Union, United Kingdom - November 6 2023 The UK held the world’s first AI summit last week at Bletchley Park - a location famous for codebreaking (it was where Alan Turing’s team famously…

Watch how you sign - handwriting only for assigning a European patent application

European Union - October 30 2023 You’ve made your European patent application. You now want to assign it. You check the relevant provision of the European Patent Convention (EPC)…