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….
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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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 DPC has fined WhatsApp Ireland Limited €5.5million for breaches of the GDPR….
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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 consultation ends on 5 February 2023….
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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