The aerial shots of the Ever Given were a perfect illustration of how international trade can be disrupted by a single event. However,...

In May 2020 we noted that the European Commission had resurrected the 'comfort letter' mechanism to help battle the Covid-19 pandemic....

At a recent pre-trial review in the Facebook v Voxer litigation, Birss LJ considered whether it was necessary expressly to plead reliance...

After her High Court victory against Associated Newspapers' Ltd (ANL) earlier this month, the Duchess of Sussex was forced on Monday this...

The UK IPO conducted a consultation at the end of last year, following which the Government has announced its response (at a recent UK AI...

As 2020 drew to a close, so too did the application in the UK of the Brussels Recast Regulation and Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and...

The press release accompanying Huawei's March 2021 white paper on innovation and intellectual property reveals that Huawei will implement...

I spoke with Chris Holder about this recently published article on IT PRO, and our view is that it is now common practice for IT service...

Full Fact has launched a consultation to inform its thinking about a framework to fight online misinformation.  

The pandemic is just...

In its recent report on "UK Regulation after Brexit", the academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe has warned that divergence from EU...

Following Brexit, there is increasing interest in English arbitration. One of the key benefits of arbitration is that an arbitral award...

After a few years of upheaval in the Patents Court, it is good to see the continued expansion of the Patents bench, and @ManagingIP have...

The @BristowsLawFirm FRAND Tracker (check it out here) has been updated to include the recent Sisvel judgment in its case against OnePlus...

An interesting article from @ManagingIP considering the issue of hold-out with the (perhaps justified) tagline that in-house counsel at...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has (in its own words) been ramping up its use of its director disqualification powers over...

The Regional Court of Munich has referred a question to the CJEU (case C-44/21) in relation to the Enforcement Directive (Article 9(1) of...

Whilst much of the news coverage in the UK this week has focused on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's prime time television interview with...

It was interesting to see the announcement today that Nokia and Samsung have entered into a patent licensing agreement concerning video...

The recent cyber attack on SolarWinds (itself a major cybersecurity company) caught the world's attention, compromising the IT...

It took me a long time to understand what artificial intelligence (AI) actually encompasses. Initially, I assumed that most technology...

With six months to go until the transition period ends and the Age Appropriate Design Code (also being called the "Children's Code")...

Following Sisvel v Haier I back in Spring 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice has now released a second instalment for our...

It is genuinely amazing how legal issues relegated to the back burner can come back with a vengeance. As I've mentioned in recent posts,...

On 4 March the UK's Competition and Markets Authority announced that it had opened an investigation into whether Apple "imposes...

Stakeholders across the British film and television production industry have welcomed Rishi Sunak's decision in the UK Budget yesterday...

There is no doubt that FRAND is coming to the smart home market in a big way in due course, likely once the larger licensors in the...

The ICO has today fined a food company for relying on the "soft opt-in" for electronic marketing under PECR, without meeting the...

A number of our clients are currently taking steps to comply with the ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code (“AADC”), which applies to...

In our article for the IADC (linked here), we explore why, despite careful negotiation and planning, parties to IT contracts often avoid...

NHS Supply Chain has launched an updated framework to enable Trusts to more easily procure digital solutions. It gives Trusts access to...

The National Security and Investment Bill is a proposed major new development that will introduce a mandatory notification regime in the...

Having released a 5G SEP essentiality report in May 2020, Amplified and GreyB have updated it to add over 6,000 patent families, bringing...

In our recent work on collaborations between healthcare providers and AI & machine-learning companies, we're seeing more realism...

A recent IPEC decision suggests first ownership of copyright reflects how many are feeling about working from home: the line between our...

People who read my posts are likely familiar with the parts of the IEEE's SEP policy that are often a source of contention between SEP...

The EUIPO and European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights recently announced the publication of the...

This recent TechRadar article explores the evolution of AI technologies that could conceivably outperform humans in creative disciplines...

As was foreshadowed in the recent Unwired and Conversant UK Supreme Court case, an issue with global disputes that have no...

Further to my recent experience post on the Court of Appeal IPCom v Vodafone judgment (see here), the @BristowsLawFirm FRAND Tracker has...