DCMS publishes policy paper on Online Safety Bill, Second reading for the Online Sale of Goods (Safety) Bill announced, Patents Court considers unfairness test for university IP policies under consumer protection legislation, Court of Appeal upholds validity of telecommunications standards essential patent and other techlaw news from the past week not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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The court held that the Nokia patent at issue was valid.
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An increasing number of contractual decisions are now being made with or by machine learning. Tom Whittaker questions whether such activity meets the implied duty to exercise discretion properly and suggests some ways to mitigate the risks.
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The EDPB also published privacy recommendations for use of cloud services by public sector and a report about the Cookie Banner Task Force.
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The DPC has fined WhatsApp Ireland Limited €5.5million for breaches of the GDPR.
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Ofcom confirms removal of fax machine from universal service obligation, Belgian APD Litigation Chamber approves action plan of IAB Europe and more in this week's round-up of key UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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The consultation ends on 5 February 2023.
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The High Court has recently ruled on two cases regarding the admissibility of electronic evidence.
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UK government agrees to introduce jail sentences for tech executives who do not comply with new law.
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If NFTs were the only realistic method of serving proceedings, the court should permit service by NFT.
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