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Court of Appeal allows Lenovo’s appeal in long-running SEP dispute

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The Court of Appeal has allowed Lenovo’s appeal against the refusal to make a declaration for an interim licence in its ongoing standard-essential patent (SEP) dispute with Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in Lenovo Group Ltd and others v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL) and another [2025] EWCA Civ 182. The case involves a long-standing dispute between Lenovo…

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Court of Appeal rules Tesla not entitled to SEP platform licence on FRAND terms

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The Court of Appeal has recently ruled in Tesla Inc and another v IDAC Holdings Inc and others [2025] EWCA Civ 193.  It dismissed an appeal against a Patent Court decision that there was no serious issue to be tried between Tesla and Avanci that Tesla was entitled to a licence under the platform on…

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Tackling non-consensual intimate image abuse

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The House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee has issued a report saying that possessing non-consensual intimate images (NCII) should be made an offence, putting it on the same legal footing as child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse occurs when intimate content is produced, published, or reproduced without consent, often…

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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2025 made

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The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2025 made have been published and bring most consumer aspects of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act 2024 into force. The following provisions come into force with effect from 6 April 2025 (to the extent they are already in force: The consumer…

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ICO launches investigations into how social media and video sharing platforms use UK children’s personal information

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The ICO has announced three investigations looking into how TikTok, Reddit and Imgur protect the privacy of their child users in the UK. Tiktok Its investigation into TikTok is considering how the platform uses personal information of 13–17-year-olds in the UK to make recommendations to them and deliver suggested content to their feeds. This is…

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Ofcom makes information requests regarding illegal harms risk assessments

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The first set of duties on sites and apps in scope of the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 came into force when Ofcom published its illegal harms codes of practice and guidance on 16 December 2024. From that point, providers had three months to carry out a ‘suitable and sufficient’ illegal content risk assessment, in…

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CJEU rules that data subjects are entitled to explanations of automated credit decisions

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The CJEU has issued its ruling in C-203/22 CK v Dun & Bradstreet Austria GmbH and Magistrat der Stadt Wien.  A mobile telephone operator refused to allow a customer to enter into a contract because her credit standing was insufficient. The operator relied on an assessment of the customer’s credit standing carried out by automated…

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Ofcom publishes final guidance on information gathering powers

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The Online Safety Act gives Ofcom powers to require and obtain information it needs to exercise, or decide if to exercise, its online safety duties and functions. Following consultation, it has issued its final guidance about how and when it might use these powers.  The guidance takes effect immediately. The guidance is not binding and…

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