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Intellectual property

UK Court of Appeal confirms Samsung is liable for third-party content on app store

Samsung was not entitled to rely on the eCommerce Directive's hosting safe harbour
Artificial intelligence

UKIPO updates patent examination guidance after High Court AI patentability decision

Examiners should not object to inventions involving artificial neural networks under the computer program exclusion
Artificial intelligence

Generative AI litigation – should this be a concern for users of AI tools?

With news of a fresh legal claim being brought against developers of AI tools being an almost weekly occurrence, how
Artificial intelligence

UK High Court finds AI invention patentable

Court gives guidance for the first time on whether AI inventions are excluded from patentability as computer programs
Intellectual property

The EU's draft standard essential patents regulation: what you need to know

Reform would radically alter European SEP licensing by focusing on alternative dispute resolution: how would it work?
Intellectual property

European Parliament committees and EPO issue opinions on draft SEP regulations

Commission's proposals would drastically change the landscape of standard essential patent licensing disputes in the EU
Employment and pensions

Business protection in the employment lifecycle: what US businesses with global employees need to know

The employment lifecycle offers various touchpoints for potential risk, from onboarding to exit
Artificial intelligence

Mitigating the business risks of AI in the UK

Osborne Clarke's AI experts have written an article for Sentinel Magazine on how risk managers can take advantage of the
Intellectual property

Polish authority fines company and president for using 'dark patterns'

Consumer protection body intensifies its crackdown on dark patterns with a heavy fine on a dietary supplement business
Competition, antitrust and trade

General Court finds geo-blocking of video games breaches EU competition law

Commission's finding upheld that Valve and five PC game publishers had anti-competitive 'geo-blocking' agreements
Intellectual property

Abolition of the so-called "Professor Privilege" in Italy: new guidelines on contracts between research institutions and financing parties

Law no. 102 of 24 July 2023, containing Amendments to the Industrial Property Code (pursuant to Legislative Decree no. 30
Intellectual property

Omnibus Directive: the practical implementation of the legislation in Poland

What actions has the competition and consumer protections authority taken and what new obligations are on the horizon?