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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 consultat... 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 e... 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 Australi... 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 fo... 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 suitabilit... 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 t... Has the cookie banner crumbled? Tolerate them or hate them (I’m not sure many people love them), cookie banners have been a part of online life for a few years now. But could that all be coming to an end? Over the last few days Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s Information Commissioner, has be... The tables have turned: Lords committee inquiry into digital regulation On 7 September 2021 the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee launched an inquiry into the work of digital regulators in the UK. Background The inquiry follows the Committee's report published in March 2019, which found that regulators had f... Health and Social Care Levy of 1.25% hits employment income at 2.5% The UK Government announced its "Build Back Better" plan for health and social care, including a funding proposal based on the introduction of a 1.25% Health and Social Care Levy plus an increase in dividend taxation by 1.25 percentage points. The slogan ...