Export control, trade wars and Brexit
Brexit and the US-China trade war are generating significant new developments in the historically quite slow-moving area of export control law. Businesses operating internationally, particularly in the technology sector, are facing new... Read more
The Open COVID Pledge: IP as a pathway through the pandemic?
As innovators around the world continue their efforts to develop technologies, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to combat COVID-19, the role of intellectual property (IP) in incentivising innovation is once again the subject of fervent debate.... Read more
NIS rules: does your cloud provider need to notify post Brexit?
The UK Government’s recent Brexit notice update regarding digital services, published on 16th October, reminds organisations that from 1 January 2021 changes are required to the way certain service providers operate in the UK and EU. Customers... Read more
Relief for British Airways, but not for businesses facing fines in the future
On Friday 16th October, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced its long awaited fine of British Airways plc (BA) for breach of the GDPR following a cyber-attack in 2018. The final fine of £20 million is the second and largest fine... Read more
FSB pronounces on regulation of stablecoins
On Monday the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its final report and high level recommendations on the regulation, supervision and oversight of "global stablecoin" (GSC) arrangements. The report considers that the emergence of GSCs... Read more
AI and the fight for inventorship – DABUS patent knocked out in UK High Court
The UK High Court is the latest authority in the ring to referee Dr Stephen Thaler’s endeavour to have his artificial intelligence, creativity machine – DABUS or Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience – recognised as an... Read more
A resilient future? European Commission proposes a new regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector
Resilience is a buzzword on the up. According to Google Trends its popularity as a search term in the UK has steadily climbed since 2015 as the concept of resilience—the ability to recover and adapt in the face of adverse conditions—has taken root... Read more
FCA calls time out for cryptoasset investments
On 6 October 2020 the FCA published a Policy Statement (PS20/10) prohibiting the sale to retail clients of certain investment products referencing cryptoassets, observing that there is growing evidence that cryptoassets are causing harm to... Read more
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