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Court of Appeal decides on whether DABUS is a patent inventor: in the end does it even matter? In what is the most talked about and most anticipated patent decision this year, recently the Court of Appeal weighed in on the ongoing international debate of whether an AI machine called DABUS can be considered an inventor for patent purposes.  See...
What’s the difference between nothing and nil? A tax deduction! Net accounting has always thrown up some difficult questions for taxpayers and their advisers looking to claim a deduction for something that cannot be seen on the face of the accounts. This is particularly so when an amount for which the taxpayer would...
Brexit carries on: the EU and UK are reforming their securitisation regulations separately The truism “Brexit is a process rather than an event” holds good for securitisers. More than five years ago, the referendum made huge political headlines but it did not change the law. Instead, the expiry of the Brexit implementation period at the end of...
New AI Strategy to make UK a “global AI superpower” What would your superpower be? For the UK, it’s AI. Yesterday the Government published a National AI Strategy which contains a ten-year plan to make Britain a global AI superpower. The strategy comes hot on the heels of its Data: A new direction...
German tax laws pushed through before end of current parliamentary term The German legislature has enacted a large number of new and amending provisions with remarkable speed, just before the current parliamentary term ends with the federal elections on 26 September 2021. Amendments include the tightening of the German real...
Rage against the machines?: (another) DABUS patent and AI update It was looking like a good summer for Dr Stephen Thaler, his AI machine DABUS and the international crusade to have DABUS considered as an inventor for patent registration.  See Lens post here on recent summer time 'victories' in South Africa and...
New AI rules: simplified data laws to help AI We have known for some time now that new AI regulation is on the horizon. To-date the focus has been on the EU’s plans, but this month the Government’s consultation on proposed changes to the UK’s data protection laws sets out some concrete suggestions...
UK GDPR 2.0: DCMS launches public consultation on data protection reform On 10 September, Oliver Dowden (then Digital Secretary) announced a public consultation on reforms to the UK’s data protection regime. The consultation follows the publication of the Government’s National Data Strategy (discussed in our previous post) and...
Baby, one more time?: UK and the EU Copyright Directive The EU Copyright Directive has been one of the most controversial legal issues in recent times. Will its provisions become law in the UK?  The UK government said no for Brexit reasons back in January 2020. So it was with great intrigue that the...
An Epic judgment? The battle of Apple v Fortnite continues On 10 September, a US federal judge issued a ruling in the case of Epic Games v Apple. The case has been a high-profile challenge by Epic Games (makers of the popular video game, Fortnite) of Apple and the up-to 30% cut that Apple takes for purchases on...