Intellectual Property Archives - Page 3 of 221

AA v Persons Unknown: Unmasking the Proprietary Status of Cryptoassets

January 28, 2020

In the first of three articles touching on the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, published in November 2019, Laura Wright & Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard review Mr Justice Bryan’s judgment in AA v Persons Unknown, in which he considered the effect of the new guidance….

The CJEU is Always Watching: TK v Asociatia de Proprietari bloc M5A-ScaraA

January 21, 2020

Christopher Knight summarises a recent CJEU decision on whether use of CCTV cameras in an apartment building was necessary…

Outsourcing and Artificial Intelligence: Re-engineering Outsourcing Agreements

January 16, 2020

Is the traditional outsourcing agreement, “engineered” for the pre-AI world, suitable in a world in which AI displaces both people and rules-based methods of automation? Zayed Al Jamil looks at the issues….

Predictions: Lewis Silkin’s 2020 Tech Predictions

January 15, 2020

The team at Lewis Silkin round off our series of Predictions for the year with a set of 20 predictions for 2020 touching on folding phones, 5G, AI in sports, 3D bio-printing and more….

CJEU rules on interpretation of IP Enforcement and Software Directives

January 15, 2020

CJEU finds that modifying the source code of a software package falls within the copyright of a computer program for which the Software Directive provides protection….

Did an exchange of emails create a contract? High Court judgment in Athena v Superdrug

January 15, 2020

The High Court found that they did in a hearing for summary judgment….

Bill Jones

January 3, 2020

It was with great sadness that SCL HQ learnt of the death of Bill Jones over the Christmas period….

Predictions 2020: There is always work for undertakers

January 2, 2020

Professor Chris Marsden thinks there will be a mini-cyberlaw boom as we adjust to the post-Brexit era….