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Go compare! Court of Appeal confirms comparables approach for assessing FRAND royalties The Court of Appeal has confirmed, in Optis v Apple, that a conventional comparables-based approach should be adopted by the English courts when assessing FRAND royalties, overturning the first instance decision and rejecting the High Court’s novel,...
AI Act deadline missed as EU GPAI Code delayed until August As readers of this blog will know, the final version of the EU’s General Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice was due to be published by 2 May. We, like many others, had been keeping a keen eye out for that final draft, but, alas, the deadline has come and...
Cyber and data incident preparedness: Know your insurance Cyber is in the headlines again, with M&S and other retailers suffering attacks and the cause of the power outage in the Iberian peninsula not yet clear. What is clear, however, is that cyber attacks continue to increase among medium and large businesses...
The UK Formalises Pathway for AI Growth Zones Designation On 30 April 2025, the UK government launched the formal qualifying process of its Artificial Intelligence Growth Zones (AIGZ) initiative. AIGZs intend to catalyse the deployment of AI technology infrastructure—principally hyperscale data centres and...
Transfer pricing, permanent establishment and diverted profits tax reform – draft legislation As we previously reported, on 28 April 2025 the UK government announced a technical consultation on draft legislation (the Draft Legislation) to reform the UK’s transfer pricing, permanent establishment (PE) and diverted profits tax (DPT) legislation....
When Decentralisation Meets Regulation: How Blockchain and GDPR Can Coexist We have prepared a more detailed client briefing on this topic. Read our full client briefing here. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released its long-awaited draft Guidelines on processing of personal data through blockchain technologies....
UK tax changes on the horizon How foolish I was for thinking that occasions such as an Autumn Budget or Spring Statement would no longer be followed by a “tax administration and maintenance day” (or TAMD). Admittedly, the current UK government has not used this term, but its “tax...
Targeted ads in the line of fire: Regulators target targeted ads 2025 continues to prove to be a year of considerable change for marketing compliance. We’ve previously covered new guidance in this area and UK and EU data protection reforms, and in this blog we’re providing a roundup of recent regulatory action on...
A “leading AI continent” – the EU publishes new AI action plan The European Commission recently published its AI Continent Action Plan, which sets out the EU’s strategy for becoming a “leading AI continent”. The plan is part of the Commission’s attempts to boost the EU’s competitiveness, addressing issues identified...
Anonymisation and pseudonymisation are in vogue: first the EDPB, and now the UK ICO issues new guidance The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has finally issued long-anticipated guidance on anonymisation and pseudonymisation practices, consolidating and streamlining a series of drafts that it had previously consulted on. Authorities appear keen to...