Loading News Mishcon de Reya advises on Mater-AI’s £1.5 million pre-seed funding round Mishcon de Reya has advised UK-based AI materials start-up Mater-AI on its £1.5 million pre-seed funding round and invested in the round through Mishcon PLUS. The round was led by Twin Path Ventures, with participation from One Planet Capital, XTX Ventures, the Conception X Angel Syndicate, Koro Capital and Tailored Solutions. News Non-compete reform back on the table: Government reopens debate with wider options The government has published a new working paper inviting views on options to reform non-compete clauses in employment contracts. Video Women of the Arc Cambridge Summit We recently hosted our inaugural Women of the Arc Summit, a full-day gathering of vision, connection and meaningful insight for the women shaping tomorrow’s ventures. News Getty Images loses AI copyright case: Peter Nunn and Gareth Dickson for The Times Peter Nunn and Gareth Dickson, both Partners in the Innovation department at Mishcon de Reya, were quoted in The Times’ coverage of Getty Images’ high-profile copyright and trademark infringement case against Stability AI. News What next for AI start-ups and scale-ups in Cambridge? On Thursday 13 November 2025, we were thrilled to host the latest Cambridge AI networking group meeting in our offices. It was a great event with fantastic presentations (on legal AI solutions) and networking over pizza and drinks that went on long after most of the rest of Cambridge had gone home. News Online Safety Act: VPNs and age verification - what the House of Lords debate reveals Under the Online Safety Act 2023, providers of user-to-user or search services (such as social media platforms and online search engines) have certain duties to protect children and reduce the risk of harmful content on their services. News Comity in practice: a fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory approach to national jurisdiction in Samsung v ZTE It is not bad faith for the owner of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) to adopt a litigation strategy intended to force an implementer to accept that the SEP owner's preferred court would make a final determination regarding FRAND licence terms (unless there were a legitimate and substantiated objection to that court). News UKIPO announces fee increases following extended price freeze UKIPO official fees relating to trade marks, designs and patents are set to increase on 1 April 2026. With official fees unchanged for a considerable period, the UKIPO states the increase has become necessary to address inflationary rises of 32% since 2016. News UPC update: November 2025 Our September 2025 UPC update covers significant developments including the court's transition to a new Case Management System and renewed discussions about Ireland's potential referendum on UPC ratification. News The impact of AI on pro bono One of the key themes of this year's Pro Bono Week, is 'stories of impact'. This article looks to explore the current ways that Artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted pro bono work and the potential risks associated with using AI over traditional legal services. News Getty Images v Stability AI: Unpacking the High Court's judgment The High Court has rejected Getty Images' secondary copyright infringement claim against Stability AI, finding that Stable Diffusion's model weights - though trained on datasets that included Getty's images - did not constitute 'infringing copies'. However, the court did find limited and historic trade mark infringement relating to watermarks appearing in outputs from certain versions of Stable Diffusion. News EU Data Act: What cloud service vendors need to know about new switching rights The EU Data Act has implications for vendors of SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) solutions to customers in the European Union. View more Loading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 44 Next Items 1 to 12 of 523
News Mishcon de Reya advises on Mater-AI’s £1.5 million pre-seed funding round Mishcon de Reya has advised UK-based AI materials start-up Mater-AI on its £1.5 million pre-seed funding round and invested in the round through Mishcon PLUS. The round was led by Twin Path Ventures, with participation from One Planet Capital, XTX Ventures, the Conception X Angel Syndicate, Koro Capital and Tailored Solutions.
News Non-compete reform back on the table: Government reopens debate with wider options The government has published a new working paper inviting views on options to reform non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
Video Women of the Arc Cambridge Summit We recently hosted our inaugural Women of the Arc Summit, a full-day gathering of vision, connection and meaningful insight for the women shaping tomorrow’s ventures.
News Getty Images loses AI copyright case: Peter Nunn and Gareth Dickson for The Times Peter Nunn and Gareth Dickson, both Partners in the Innovation department at Mishcon de Reya, were quoted in The Times’ coverage of Getty Images’ high-profile copyright and trademark infringement case against Stability AI.
News What next for AI start-ups and scale-ups in Cambridge? On Thursday 13 November 2025, we were thrilled to host the latest Cambridge AI networking group meeting in our offices. It was a great event with fantastic presentations (on legal AI solutions) and networking over pizza and drinks that went on long after most of the rest of Cambridge had gone home.
News Online Safety Act: VPNs and age verification - what the House of Lords debate reveals Under the Online Safety Act 2023, providers of user-to-user or search services (such as social media platforms and online search engines) have certain duties to protect children and reduce the risk of harmful content on their services.
News Comity in practice: a fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory approach to national jurisdiction in Samsung v ZTE It is not bad faith for the owner of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) to adopt a litigation strategy intended to force an implementer to accept that the SEP owner's preferred court would make a final determination regarding FRAND licence terms (unless there were a legitimate and substantiated objection to that court).
News UKIPO announces fee increases following extended price freeze UKIPO official fees relating to trade marks, designs and patents are set to increase on 1 April 2026. With official fees unchanged for a considerable period, the UKIPO states the increase has become necessary to address inflationary rises of 32% since 2016.
News UPC update: November 2025 Our September 2025 UPC update covers significant developments including the court's transition to a new Case Management System and renewed discussions about Ireland's potential referendum on UPC ratification.
News The impact of AI on pro bono One of the key themes of this year's Pro Bono Week, is 'stories of impact'. This article looks to explore the current ways that Artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted pro bono work and the potential risks associated with using AI over traditional legal services.
News Getty Images v Stability AI: Unpacking the High Court's judgment The High Court has rejected Getty Images' secondary copyright infringement claim against Stability AI, finding that Stable Diffusion's model weights - though trained on datasets that included Getty's images - did not constitute 'infringing copies'. However, the court did find limited and historic trade mark infringement relating to watermarks appearing in outputs from certain versions of Stable Diffusion.
News EU Data Act: What cloud service vendors need to know about new switching rights The EU Data Act has implications for vendors of SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) solutions to customers in the European Union.