Intellectual Property Archives - Page 20 of 221

Can Copyright Survive Artificial Intelligence?

February 8, 2018

Lorna Brazell asks a question which will need a definitive answer soon…

What do we want to look like when we’re 50?

February 7, 2018

The SCL Chair, Mark O’Conor, discusses SCL’s strategic objectives for the next five years and looks forward to the Society’s 50th anniversary…

Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart

January 31, 2018

In this edited version of her recent paper, Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart: Blockchain-Based Contracts and the Social Workings of Law (which can be linked to below), Karen Levy examines blockchain-based contracts and the social workings of law…

Demystifying Transparency – What Do the GDPR, Articles 13 and 14 GDPR Really Mean?

January 31, 2018

Gemma Briance and Geoffrey Sturgess drill down into the obligations imposed by the GDPR, Articles 13 and 14 and advocate a proportionate interpretation of inflexible requirements…

Data Retention Rights: Clarity Remains Elusive

January 30, 2018

The Court of Appeal has given judgment on the Home Secretary’s appeal against the High Court judgment ruling that the data retention powers in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014. The extent of the ongoing rights to retain data for ‘security’ and related purposes remain distressingly unclear….

Singapore’s Cybersecurity Bill: An Update

January 30, 2018

Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore International Associate Editor, reports on an amended Cybersecurity Bill, just introduced to the Singapore Parliament….

Qualcomm Fined for Abuse of Market Position

January 24, 2018

The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €997 million for abuse of a dominant market position…

Monetary Penalty Notice Reduction on Appeal

January 22, 2018

The First-tier Tribunal has rejected the appeal of Basildon Council against an ICO monetary penalty notice but has reduced the amount payable under it. Laurence Eastham reports the judgment and comments on fines guidance….