UK government launches new AI strategy
The strategy accompanies the National Data Strategy and the Plan for Digital Regulation. The government is also planning a Digital Strategy and a Cyber Strategy…
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AI as an inventor? Not (yet) in the UK, rules Court of Appeal
Mark Marfé and Sarah Taylor summarise and comment on the recent Court of Appeal on whether an AI can own or transfer patent rights…
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SCL Student Bytes X 4 Pump Court: The Law of Artificial Intelligence Moot Competition
Entries are now being received for the first SCL Student Bytes Moot, in partnership with 4 Pump Court…
A Blunted Sword and a Chipped Shield: A call for development to the Computer Misuse Act 1990
In the wake of the recent call for evidence on updating the Computer Misuse Act, Coran Darling highlights some areas that he thinks need some attention….
CJEU confirms downloaded software with perpetual licence is sale of goods under the Commercial Agents Directive
To decide otherwise would undermine the protection of agents in the Directive….
UK government launches plans to amend UK regulations following Brexit
The Cabinet Office has set out plans to amend UK regulations to diverge from EU laws where it says it would best serve the UK national interest…
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MHRA reviews regulation of software and artificial intelligence as a medical device
Software and AI as a medical device has an increasingly prominent role within health systems…
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Will the Metaverse be a universal platform? Part 1 The technology
Suddenly the metaverse is everywhere. But what are the potential legal ramifications of living and working in this parallel universe? In this two part article a team from Norton Rose Fulbright LLP will look at the potential legal issues and, in this first part, the technology behind the concept…
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UK government consults on reforms to the UK’s data protection regime
Government wants “a clear legal framework overseen by a regulator that takes account of the benefits of data use, while protecting against the harms that can come from using personal data irresponsibly”…
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Ofcom issues call for evidence on net neutrality
The pandemic has accelerated changes which make a review of the net neutrality framework timely….
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