11/4/2026 4:09:34 PM Considerations for Collective Action Settlements By Matthew Hunt The £260m settlement agreed between Google and Professor Barry Rodger (the CR) in the UK app developers collective action is the largest...
10/23/2026 12:17:05 PM UPC confirms that it lacks competence to grant abstract obviousness declarations By Claire Phipps-Jones Patentees should take encouragement from an important limitation recognised in the Milan Central Division’s order in Sandoz v Novo...
10/13/2026 3:35:54 PM Braking news: Ebert v Ferrari determines the territorial limits of pre-action disclosure By Anna Hall Aadam Bhaijee In Ebert v Ferrari S.p.A [2026] EWHC 2279 (TCC), for the first time, the Technology and Construction Court has answered the question the...
9/3/2026 12:02:51 PM Supreme Court clarifies the narrow limits of issue estoppel By Ben Coleman Hafsa Babar Introduction The Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal decision regarding the doctrine of issue estoppel, emphasising that its...
8/27/2026 8:30:26 AM When your name is no longer yours: Estée Lauder v Jo Malone By Theresa Castle Jessica des Landes Estée Lauder’s legal battle with perfumer Jo Malone CBE (Malone) has sparked increased debate over the tension between intellectual...
7/30/2026 4:21:16 PM The AI Act’s next big deadline is here By Charlie Hawes Vik Khurana Tom Sharpe On 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act reaches its general date of application - the point at which most of its provisions take effect and...
7/30/2026 4:16:39 PM The European Commission's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content By Georgia Austin Gabriela Swiderska Charlie Hawes Vik Khurana Tom Sharpe +2 more... Show less On 2 August 2026, the transparency obligations for AI providers and deployers under Article 50 of the EU AI Act start to apply. To help...
7/29/2026 4:54:08 PM Microsoft, Copilot and subscription transparency: CMA opens new consumer protection investigation By Naina Patel The latest UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation has recently been announced, this time looking into Microsoft’s...
7/29/2026 3:55:23 PM New MHRA guidance on regulation of Ambient Voice Technology (AI Scribes) By Jamie Hatzel The MHRA today released new guidance (AVT Guidance) on Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) products and the circumstances in which these do...
7/27/2026 8:33:22 PM Stop press: UK Supreme Court decision in Tesla v InterDigital & Avanci By Nadine Bleach The UK Supreme Court has today decided that the UK court has jurisdiction to determine claims challenging the FRAND rates offered by SEP...
7/17/2026 9:20:04 AM Vince v Associated Newspapers: Unfair processing claim succeeds on basis of impression given to ‘casual readers’ who look only at headlines and photographs By Julian Darrall Polly Hatcher The Court of Appeal handed down a significant judgment in Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 899 this week, granting the...
7/15/2026 1:36:53 PM Online safety: Ofcom publishes its register of categorised services By Gemma Nash Ofcom's third phase of implementing the UK's Online Safety Act is in full swing as it has now published its register of categorised...