HM Treasury sets out plans to regulate cryptoassets
It has set out proposals for the UK's financial services regime for cryptoassets. The consultation ends on 30 April 2023.
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It has set out proposals for the UK's financial services regime for cryptoassets. The consultation ends on 30 April 2023.
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Apple wants CAT to review CMA's decision to make market investigations reference in relation to mobile browsers and cloud gaming, House of Commons Library publishes briefing paper on cryptocurrency regulation, DCMS publishes trust framework certification guidance and other techlaw news from the past week not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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Simon Deane-Johns summarises the Law Commission's recent consultation on digital assets - "a veritable textbook on the English law of personal property" - and gives a personal angle on some of the proposals put forward.
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Mauricio Figueroa ponders what will happen to the avatars of the dead in the metaverse.
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The Court considered if Amazon infringed Article 9(2)(a) of the Trade Mark Regulation ((EU) 2017/1001) through advertisements, on its website which incorporated an online marketplace, for counterfeit shoes offered for sale by third-party sellers.
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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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