UK law Court of Appeal rejects appeal against UK Information Commissioner’s monetary penalty notice The ICO has issued a statement welcoming the Court of Appeal’s unanimous dismissal of an appeal by Doorstep Dispensaree Limited (DDL) against a monetary penalty notice (MPN) issued by the Commissioner on 17 December 2019. In its judgment, the CoA rejected…
Software Escrow – Its Evolution, Use in Legal Frameworks and The Influence of AI
Mark Ryan and Tom Sweet of SES Secure trace the evolution of software escrow and the impact of AI on its use As many readers will know, software escrow is a risk mitigation tool that safeguards the critical assets, such as software applications, organisations are reliant on. It typically involves a tri-party legal agreement being…
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Legal and Transformational Change Challenges in Generative AI Implementations
Volker Matz and Martin Cox outline some of the obstacles facing organisations seeking to use generative AI in their processes. Generative AI is at the forefront of current and future organisational change, offering significant opportunities for innovation but also posing challenges around adoption, copyright, and regulatory compliance. As businesses integrate AI-generated content into their operations,…
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How Software is Designed and Built
William Hooper looks at how software design can influence the success of a project. William Heath Robinson had a delightful eye for the absurd. His designs were elaborate and amusingly flawed. How is software designed and built, and what is the effect of this on value to a customer? Does it matter if the design…
Ofcom updates strategy and approach to digital markets
Ofcom has updated its strategy and approach to digital markets, highlighting those areas on which it intends to focus its attention as well as some of its recent work. Since it published its Digital Markets Strategy in September 2022, Ofcom has carried out work in the following areas: Future objectives Ofcom’s next areas of focus…
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This Week’s Techlaw News Round-up
UK law Government publishes revised UK digital identity and attributes trust framework The UK government has published a gamma version of the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework. The trust framework is a set of rules for an organisation to follow if they want to have their service certified as a trustworthy digital verification…
EDPB clarifies rules for data sharing with third country authorities and approves EU Data Protection Seal certification
During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published guidelines on Article 48 of the GDPR about data transfers to third country authorities and approved a new European Data Protection Seal. Assessing data transfer requests by third country authorities Organisations often receive requests from public authorities in other countries to share personal data….
Digital markets and competition law sections of DMCC Act in force from 1 January 2025
In late November, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1226) were published. They bring most digital markets and competition sections of the Act (that were not already in force) into force on 1 January 2025. The new digital markets regime gives the…
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Patent Court considers Panasonic interim licence in FRAND case In Lenovo Group Ltd and others v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and another [2024] EWHC 2941 (Pat), the Patents Court refused Lenovo’s application for a declaration that a willing licensor and a willing licensee would agree to an interim cross-licence of standard essential patents (SEPs) with Ericsson…
Communications and Digital Select Committee publishes report on future of news and impact of AI
The House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee has published its report on the future of news. It says that the risk of a “two tier” media environment in the UK is growing. The economics of mass market journalism are worsening, trust is low, and more people are actively avoiding mainstream reporting. News enthusiasts…