10 Jan, 2024 NCSC Publishes Guidelines on Secure AI System Development: a Concerted International Approach By Charles MacRae Everyone’s talking about AI at the moment (see our round-up of recent developments here and here). A consensus is building across...
30 Oct, 2023 Watch how you sign – handwriting only for assigning a European patent application By Charles MacRae You’ve made your European patent application. You now want to assign it. You check the relevant provision of the European Patent...
11 May, 2023 SEPs and FRAND licensing: trending towards transparency? By Charles MacRae For only the second time in its history, the English High Court has determined FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) terms for...
08 Mar, 2023 Remote driving: Law Commission gears up for regulatory change By Charles MacRae Autonomous vehicles have dominated headlines for some time now, but the Law Commission has recently turned its attention to remote...
29 Nov, 2022 EU expands scope of its cyber rules as NIS 2 agreed By Charles MacRae The EU has agreed changes to its cybersecurity rules. On 22 November 2022, the “NIS 2 Directive” received approval from the European...
20 Jul, 2022 Succeeding by Design: Government considers changes to UK designs system By Charles MacRae The UKIPO has published its response to its Call for Views on the UK’s designs system. Although the UKIPO has provided no firm policy...
28 Apr, 2022 Google responds to CNIL Cookie Fine – ‘Reject All’ now on equal footing By Charles MacRae Google has announced the completion of “a full redesign” of its cookie consent practices and the “infrastructure” it uses to handle...
20 Apr, 2022 Private copying on the cloud? Fair compensation still payable but practical questions remain By Charles MacRae On 24 March 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU handed down its decision in the snappily-named case Austro-Mechana Gesellschaft zur...