12 Apr, 2024 CMA's potential competition concerns for Foundation Models/Generative AI By Matthew Hunt The CMA has published an update paper building upon its initial review of Foundation Models (FMs) (the technology underpinning generative...
09 Apr, 2024 Spring 2024: a safer era for connectable products or just yet more red tape? By Toby Crick Charlie Hawes Antonia Kendrick Now that Spring is around the corner, it’s time to engage with the UK’s security regime for consumer connectable products, with new...
27 Mar, 2024 AI Chatbot flies solo and Air Canada foots the bill - Moffatt v. Air Canada By Freya Ollerearnshaw Naomi Foale The Canadian decision of Moffatt v Air Canada 2024 BCCRT 149 has provided an early example of the sorts of claims that may be brought...
21 Mar, 2024 Reflections on Copyright and Generative AI By Toby Headdon Yesterday (20 March), I spoke at UCL’s IBIL event 'Copyright and Generative AI: Putting input issues under the spotlight'. Such events...
20 Mar, 2024 Podcast: Use of AI and data in the 'Enterprise IT' supply chain By Vik Khurana Anneke Pol In this episode, our tech lawyers Vik Khurana and Anneke Pol discuss how IT suppliers use their customers’ data, the risks to customers...
01 Mar, 2024 Getty Images UK claims against Stability AI to proceed to full trial By Toby Headdon Kyrana Hulstein This article first appeared in the Intellectual Property Forum journal, published by Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New...
21 Feb, 2024 Will it be possible to lawfully test an AI Medical Device? By Alex Denoon A brief analysis of the interaction between the proposed AI Act and the MDR The AI Act continues to contain a concerning flaw as regards...
19 Feb, 2024 Patentability of AI inventions – updates to the EPO Guidelines for Examination 2024 By Eden Winlow The EPO has published a preview of the amended EPO Guidelines for Examination that will enter into force on 1 March 2024. This is...
09 Feb, 2024 The past week in data protection By Jamie Drucker It’s the end of another week in the world of data protection so it's time for another bite-sized round up of the past seven days or so:...
12 Jan, 2024 European Commission joins UK Competition and Markets Authority in examining application of merger control rules to OpenAI/Microsoft partnership By Sean-Paul Brankin On 9 January 2024, the European Commission (EU) issued a press release announcing that it is reviewing whether Microsoft’s investment in...
11 Dec, 2023 OpenAI/Microsoft partnership attracts attention under UK merger control rules By Sean-Paul Brankin The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has invited comments on whether the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI constitutes a...
11 Dec, 2023 EU’s AI Act crosses the finishing line By Chris Holder Vik Khurana Charlie Hawes Very late on Friday (8 December) evening the EU Commission, Parliament and Council concluded their epic trilogue negotiation on the EU’s...