May 31, 2023 Government rejects proposal for further regulation in the secondary ticketing sector By Martha Campbell Matthew Bennett The UK government has formally responded to the CMA’s call for greater regulation of the secondary ticketing market, announcing this...
May 09, 2023 You've Gotta Have (Good) Faith By Charlie Burrell Martha Campbell The fundamental function of trade marks is as an indicator of origin – that is, to enable consumers to easily distinguish the goods and...
Apr 25, 2023 TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra The Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) has recently concluded its investigation into Tiktok’s use of the personal data of...
Apr 17, 2023 Can AI be the inventor of a patent? By Alishea Patel Martha Campbell Advances in AI technologies are increasingly leading to the creation of new works with minimal human input, raising questions on the...
Apr 11, 2023 The CMA’s increasing scrutiny of online businesses’ use of urgency claims By Matthew Bennett On 31 March 2023, the CMA issued a press release announcing that it had launched an investigation into Wowcher's use of countdown timers...
Apr 06, 2023 “Likely to be accessed by children” – ICO seeks feedback on new draft guidance on the Children’s Code By Kazia Gagg Mark Cusack The Children’s Code (the “Code”) (which we covered in a previous article) applies to Information Society Service (“ISS”) providers whose...
Feb 27, 2023 Road blocks to Roblox? New data protection guidance for game developers By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra Rosie Duckworth Last week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) published new guidance for video game developers on protecting children. This...
Feb 20, 2023 Generative AI’s copyright conundrum By Charlie Burrell Mark Cusack AI tools which produce realistic content have burst onto the scene over the past 12 months. From the images generated by OpenAI’s DALL-E...
Feb 13, 2023 Crypto advertising in the UK - new regulatory regime incoming By Alishea Patel Rosie Duckworth On 1 February HM Treasury published a consultation and call for evidence on its proposals for a financial services regulatory regime for...
Jan 17, 2023 Cyber security recognised on World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report By Martha Campbell Tech risks, including cybercrime and digital inequality, have featured among the top long-term global risks identified in the World...
Nov 29, 2022 Transparency, but not at any cost By Dominic Sedghi In a significant judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has struck down provisions of European Union law that give...
Nov 29, 2022 Gearing the UK up for decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) By Dominic Sedghi Richard Giangrande Mark Lewis Fred Whittell +1 more... Show less The Law Commission has published a call for evidence on decentralised autonomous organisations (or DAOs). The Commission intends to...
May 26, 2022 Watch this space: what to look out for as the metaverse matures By Sonja Dragomir While opinions are divided — its development has been both glorified and reviled, along with everything in between — there appears to be...
Apr 14, 2022 Non-fungible tokens: a new means of monetisation By Sonja Dragomir Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) have become a topic of significant interest for intellectual property owners, content creators, investors,...
Apr 06, 2022 Ed Sheeran wins copyright battle By Martha Campbell The High Court has ruled that Ed Sheeran’s hit song "Shape of You" did not infringe Sami Chokri’s 2015 song "Oh Why".Sami Chokri (who...
Nov 09, 2021 ESG in action in defence outsourcing and supply chains - and what's next? By Mark Lewis This blog was prompted by an intriguing report published on 6 November in The Telegraph: UK FTSE 250 outsourcer/service provider has...