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Games and interactive entertainment

Hands off the gold: what the UK Property (Digital Assets) Act holds for in-game 'items' and digital accounts

The interactive entertainment industry is focusing on questions around legal property and on its contractual provisions

New -

10/02/2026

Read time 4m

Intellectual property

The InterDigital and Amazon SEP saga heats up with latest Unified Patent Court judgments

UPC confirms wide anti-suit-style protection against interim-licence relief, suggesting it could extend to final relief

26/01/2026

Read time 5m

Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU digital by default medtech plans signal shift in submissions, product information and online sales

E-submissions, digital documentation and clarified Eudamed and UDI duties to steer medtech towards fuller digitalisation

23/01/2026

Read time 6m

Corporate

Confidence in a changing global market: 2025 dealmaking themes and 2026 market opportunities

The global transactional market demonstrated resilience amid complexity in 2025 as it staged a measured recovery

21/01/2026

Read time 2m

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Revised EU medtech regulations proposal sharpens software and cybersecurity rules for digital health

Down‑classification, established software concepts and cyber-incident reporting could reshape digital medtech compliance

15/01/2026

Read time 7m

Regulatory Outlook

Telecoms | UK Regulatory Outlook January 2026

Ofcom Plan of Works for 2026: key themes for communications providers | Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: implications for telecoms...

13/01/2026

Read time 6m

Regulatory Outlook

Digital regulation | UK Regulatory Outlook January 2026

UK Online Safety Act: fees, categorisation and enforcement | UK Media Act: a year dense with 'go‑live' dates | EU...

13/01/2026

Read time 6m

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook January 2026

13/01/2026

Read time 5m

Intellectual property

English court maintains anti-anti-suit relief and dismisses InterDigital's jurisdiction challenge

Case will proceed to a final RAND determination after the jurisdiction challenge dismissed, with interim relief to protect the proceedings

08/01/2026

Read time 6m

Intellectual property

Cross-border IP infringement: European perspectives on foreign use of IP rights online

How are intellectual property rights enforced when businesses sell goods online across international borders?

18/12/2025

Read time 3m

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and Marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook November 2025

Energy labelling rules removed from CAP and BCAP Codes

26/11/2025

Read time 1m

Intellectual property

English Court of Appeal limits use of interim FRAND licence declarations in SEP disputes

The court distinguished previous case law and provided guidance on what amounts to acting in bad faith in FRAND proceedings

21/11/2025

Read time 6m

Regulatory and compliance

International regulatory headwinds: how general counsel can navigate uncertainty in Europe

Legal leaders seek resilience and growth amid regulatory complexity and shifting geopolitics and economic conditions

12/11/2025

Read time 6m

Artificial intelligence

GEMA vs. OpenAI | AI memorisation is a reproduction relevant to copyright law, and the TDM exception does not help in LLM training, Munich I Regional Court holds

12/11/2025

Read time 4m

Artificial intelligence

Getty v Stability AI: Stability AI generates big win in English court's landmark first judgment on AI and IP infringement

Getty's secondary copyright infringement claim dismissed as Stable Diffusion found not to contain any of Getty's copyright works

06/11/2025

Read time 7m

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Games and interactive entertainment

Hands off the gold: what the UK Property (Digital Assets) Act holds for in-game 'items' and digital accounts

The interactive entertainment industry is focusing on questions around legal property and on its contractual provisions

New -

10/02/2026

Read time 4m

Intellectual property

The InterDigital and Amazon SEP saga heats up with latest Unified Patent Court judgments

UPC confirms wide anti-suit-style protection against interim-licence relief, suggesting it could extend to final relief

26/01/2026

Read time 5m

Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU digital by default medtech plans signal shift in submissions, product information and online sales

E-submissions, digital documentation and clarified Eudamed and UDI duties to steer medtech towards fuller digitalisation

23/01/2026

Read time 6m

Corporate

Confidence in a changing global market: 2025 dealmaking themes and 2026 market opportunities

The global transactional market demonstrated resilience amid complexity in 2025 as it staged a measured recovery

21/01/2026

Read time 2m

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Revised EU medtech regulations proposal sharpens software and cybersecurity rules for digital health

Down‑classification, established software concepts and cyber-incident reporting could reshape digital medtech compliance

15/01/2026

Read time 7m

Regulatory Outlook

Telecoms | UK Regulatory Outlook January 2026

Ofcom Plan of Works for 2026: key themes for communications providers | Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: implications for telecoms...

13/01/2026

Read time 6m

Regulatory Outlook

Digital regulation | UK Regulatory Outlook January 2026

UK Online Safety Act: fees, categorisation and enforcement | UK Media Act: a year dense with 'go‑live' dates | EU...

13/01/2026

Read time 6m

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook January 2026

13/01/2026

Read time 5m

Intellectual property

English court maintains anti-anti-suit relief and dismisses InterDigital's jurisdiction challenge

Case will proceed to a final RAND determination after the jurisdiction challenge dismissed, with interim relief to protect the proceedings

08/01/2026

Read time 6m

Intellectual property

Cross-border IP infringement: European perspectives on foreign use of IP rights online

How are intellectual property rights enforced when businesses sell goods online across international borders?

18/12/2025

Read time 3m

Regulatory Outlook

Advertising and Marketing | UK Regulatory Outlook November 2025

Energy labelling rules removed from CAP and BCAP Codes

26/11/2025

Read time 1m

Intellectual property

English Court of Appeal limits use of interim FRAND licence declarations in SEP disputes

The court distinguished previous case law and provided guidance on what amounts to acting in bad faith in FRAND proceedings

21/11/2025

Read time 6m

Regulatory and compliance

International regulatory headwinds: how general counsel can navigate uncertainty in Europe

Legal leaders seek resilience and growth amid regulatory complexity and shifting geopolitics and economic conditions

12/11/2025

Read time 6m

Artificial intelligence

GEMA vs. OpenAI | AI memorisation is a reproduction relevant to copyright law, and the TDM exception does not help in LLM training, Munich I Regional Court holds

12/11/2025

Read time 4m

Artificial intelligence

Getty v Stability AI: Stability AI generates big win in English court's landmark first judgment on AI and IP infringement

Getty's secondary copyright infringement claim dismissed as Stable Diffusion found not to contain any of Getty's copyright works

06/11/2025

Read time 7m

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Nick Johnson

Partner, International Head of Tech, Media & Comms

+44 20 7105 7080 Email Nick Full bio

John Davidson-Kelly

Partner, International Sub-sector Leader, Media & Entertainment and Digital Regulation

+44 20 7105 7024 Email John Full bio

Jon Fell

Partner, International Sub-sector Leader, Telecoms

+44 20 7105 7436 Email Jon Full bio

Katherine Kirrage

Competition Partner, Global Head of Tech

+44 207 105 7514 Email Katherine Full bio

Konstantin Ewald

Partner, Head of Tech, Media and Comms

+49 221 5108 4160 Email Konstantin Full bio

Gianluigi Marino

Partner, Head of AI & Digitalisation

+39 02 5413 1769 Email Gianluigi Full bio

Coen Barneveld Binkhuysen

Partner, Lawyer

+31 207 02 86 12 Email Coen Full bio

Chia-Ling Koh

Managing Director

+65 6350 4380 Email Chia-Ling Full bio

Rafael García del Poyo

Partner

+34 91 576 44 76 Email Rafael Full bio

Claire Bouchenard

Partner IP, Advertising and Marketing

+33 1 84 82 45 30 Email Claire Full bio

Łukasz Węgrzyn

Partner, Head of IT and Data

+48 795 576 136 Email Łukasz Full bio

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