Sep 20, 2023 My supplier is using AI in the delivery of its services: considerations for in-house lawyers By Rob Powell As software tools and solutions powered by AI become more prevalent and accessible, they are more frequently being used “in the...
Jul 03, 2023 US copyright action against OpenAI By Toby Headdon Two authors, Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad, have filed a class action lawsuit in the US District Court against OpenAI. The lawsuit covers a...
Apr 25, 2023 Success for Lidl in the battle of the yellow logos By Stephanie Taylor A decision was issued last week in the High Court battle between Tesco and Lidl regarding Tesco's use of their "Clubcard Prices" logo,...
Apr 21, 2023 AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song removed from Spotify and Apple - Can UK copyright be enforced against AI-generated songs? By Jake Palmer The song, Heart On My Sleeve, features cloned voices of Drake and The Weeknd. The creator, known as @ghostwriter, has claimed the song...
Dec 13, 2022 Software development projects - top tips for customers By Rob Powell As part of the wider digital transformation wave, most businesses will be procuring software solutions to achieve efficiencies and...
Nov 17, 2022 Panel discussion on AI and IP By Victoria Rodriguez On Tuesday evening, Bristows hosted an IPSoc panel discussion on AI and IP. We were lucky to have a dreamy panel consisting of: Jacob...
Nov 10, 2022 Copyright infringement class action against Microsoft, Open AI and GitHub concerning Co-pilot AI tool By Toby Headdon Anneke Pol Toby Crick A class action has been filed against, among others, Microsoft, Open AI and GitHub in the US District Court for the Northern District of...
Oct 06, 2022 Data analytics dispute: Splunk files lawsuit against Cribl By Toby Headdon Today data platform Splunk announced that it filed a lawsuit against Cribl, a company founded by some former Splunk employees, alleging...
Sep 12, 2022 SaaS - a customer's perspective By Rob Powell Almost every business in the modern day will be procuring and using at least one - if not many - software as a service (SaaS) solutions....
Jul 22, 2022 AI & the UK’s proposed text and data mining exception - some observations By Toby Headdon In its recently published consultation response, the UK Intellectual Property Office signalled its intention to introduce an expansive...
Jun 21, 2022 Bungie v Elite Boss Tech: Destiny 2 cheats developer consents to $13.5m in damages in US copyright infringement claim By Charles Purdie On 9 June 2022, video games developer Bungie (developer of the popular looter shooter game Destiny 2) moved for the US District Court of...
Jun 16, 2022 Hands off my character, you plonker! By Simon Clark Maria Ryan Del Boy fans wouldn’t have been surprised to have seen him trying to shift copies of an unofficial James Bond or Harry Potter novel down...