UK law Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 made The Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/1352 have been made. They amend the priority offences set out in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023, adding offences under section 184 of the OSA 2023 (encouraging or assisting…
UK law UK government publishes progress report on copyright and AI The government has published a progress statement about its work to date on copyright and AI. The statement also explains the steps it is taking to prepare a report on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems; and an economic…
UK law Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 receives Royal Assent The Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 2 December 2025. The Law Commission had carried out a study and concluded that certain digital assets, including crypto-tokens and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), can be regarded as “property” and should be recognised and protected…
Scott Foster summarises the latest Court of Appeal decision in the Samsung / ZTYE FRAND litigation. Does pressing for your preferred court amount to bad faith? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Samsung v ZTE clarifies a live question in SEP/FRAND litigation: when parties are locked in a global forum battle, does pressing for your preferred court…
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UK Law ICO consults on enforcement procedural guidance The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is consulting on draft enforcement procedural guidance. It explains when and how the ICO opens investigations, uses its information gathering powers, how enforcement decisions are made and how settlement with reduced fines may be appropriate. The consultation ends on 23 January 2026….
The High Court has issued its eagerly awaited judgment (which was around 200 pages long) in Getty Images -v- Stability AI [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch). The judgment addresses complex questions at the intersection of intellectual property law and generative AI. Getty Images brought claims against Stability AI for trade mark infringement, passing off, and copyright…
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We live our lives online and, increasingly, we die there too. Our data, social media, and the relationships we build in virtual spaces often outlive us, sometimes reshaping how others experience loss. For this episode, host Mauricio Figueroa chats with two world-leading voices in the field, a lawyer and a philosopher, Dr Edina Harbinja (University…
UK law Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2025 laid The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has laid the draft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2024 in parliament under sections 2(6), 6(4) and 77(5)…
Dr Fernando Barrio captures some of the insights aired at the SCL’s recent AI Policy Forum. AI shows no sign of slowing down, neither does the pace of conversation around its regulation. An important and timely contribution to the debate was enabled by the AI Policy Forum, held on 10 July 2025, within the striking…
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The UK government has launched a consultation about changes to the UK designs framework. It aims “to create a designs system fit for the future – one that is simpler, more effective, and better able to support UK creativity and innovation in a rapidly evolving digital landscape”. The government says that it is aware that…
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