POSTED BY CLAIRE O'BRIEN | 4 JULY 2022 UK IPO proposes a new copyright exception for text and data mining The UK IPO has issued a response to its recent consultation on what changes, if any, are required to make intellectual property law work well for new technologies, such as AI. A change to the exemption for text and data mining is proposed. Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY SAMUEL WIGLEY | 3 MARCH 2022 New ICO video surveillance guidance We review the Information Commissioner's Office guidance on the use of video surveillance - a sensitive area in the data protection arena. Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY SAMUEL WIGLEY | 12 NOVEMBER 2021 Lloyd v Google in the Supreme Court - what's the impact? What does the Supreme Court ruling in Lloyd v Google mean for data controllers? Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 30 AUGUST 2021 The importance of maintaining secrecy before filing for a patent Innovators developing new technologies have plenty to think about, and maintaining secrecy is not always top of the list. However, a recent case (Claydon Yield-O-Meter v Mzuri) shows how important it is to take care over this to avoid losing patent protection altogether... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 8 JULY 2021 A brand new subsidy control system Simon Elsegood explains how this will change public sector investment to develop the economy, following the UK's departure from the EU... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 27 JUNE 2021 The EU grants data protection adequacy decisions with two days to go The EU has adopted final versions of the two adequacy decisions that were issued in draft earlier this year. These permit personal data flows to the UK under the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 24 MAY 2021 Bumps in the road for the UK's data privacy adequacy assessment The European Parliament has asked the EU Commission to take another look at the UK's data protection adequacy assessment... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 22 APRIL 2021 EU's bid to control the future of AI This week the EU Commission published its legislative proposals for regulating artificial intelligence... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY STEPHEN HAMILTON | 26 MARCH 2021 Driving legal structure for autonomous vehicles Around the world, autonomous vehicles are being developed and tested, different business models and use cases analysed, and connection systems created... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY ISABEL TEARE | 3 MARCH 2021 Out of hours work by a software creator, and who owns the results Where an individual is hired to do creative or innovative work, the employer will normally expect to be the owner of their work product... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
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