Loading 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' as they do not store the original copyright works. 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. News Deepfakes of the deceased: Ethical dilemmas and implications on legacy and reputation As AI continues to develop at a staggering pace, advanced AI-generative tools are becoming more widespread and easily accessible, sparking concerns about its uses. One major issue is the proliferation of deepfakes - non-consensual, AI-generated or altered images, videos, or audio depicting a person doing or saying something which is actually fabricated. News Patents Court responds to UPC anti-interim-licence injunction in InterDigital v Amazon Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity before both the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and national courts in the UK and Germany in a dispute between InterDigital and Amazon relating to digital streaming patents and FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) licence terms. For ease of reference, this article uses the term 'FRAND', although the standards in this case technically refer to 'RAND' (reasonable and non-discriminatory); there is no practical difference between the two. News Mishcon de Reya advises management team of Calastone on US$1 billion acquisition by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. Mishcon de Reya has advised the management team at Calastone on its acquisition by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (“SS&C” or Group: Nasdaq: SSNC), a global leader in investment and financial services software and solutions, in a transaction valued at approximately £766 million (approximately US $1.03 billion). News Google faces relatively narrow remedies in the US for its search market conduct - but results may vary across the Atlantic On 20 October 2020, the US Department of Justice and 11 US states brought a claim against Google, alleging that the tech giant violated US competition law on the online search market (United States et al. v Google). On 17 December 2020, a similar claim was brought by 38 US states (State of Colorado et al. v Google). The two cases were subsequently consolidated. Publication: Issue 30 Recruitment Watch News When AI impersonates - taking action against deepfakes in the UK The use of AI tools is proliferating and becoming mainstream. Allied to fast-moving developments in the technology, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish AI-generated content - including deepfakes (i.e. images, video or audio intended to impersonate an individual's likeness or voice) - from human-generated and authentic content. Video Cambridge Tech Showcase 2025 On Thursday 11 September 2025, kicking off Cambridge Tech Week in style, Mishcon de Reya’s Cambridge office welcomed leading minds and pioneering companies for the annual Tech Showcase, a celebration of the city’s vibrant tech ecosystem. News DCMS commissions a rapid evidence review of skins gambling The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has published a rapid evidence review of 'skins gambling', namely the use of virtual items obtained in online video games as stakes in gambling. News The inventor identity crisis: Dr Thaler's bid to register a patent denied again Dr Stephen Thaler has become well known in the patent sphere for his global attempts to register patents for two inventions created by his AI machine, DABUS, and naming DABUS (rather than himself) as the inventor. In most jurisdictions, these applications have been refused; only South Africa has accepted one, likely due to basic formal application requirements. View more Loading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 43 Next Items 1 to 12 of 514
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' as they do not store the original copyright works. 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.
News Deepfakes of the deceased: Ethical dilemmas and implications on legacy and reputation As AI continues to develop at a staggering pace, advanced AI-generative tools are becoming more widespread and easily accessible, sparking concerns about its uses. One major issue is the proliferation of deepfakes - non-consensual, AI-generated or altered images, videos, or audio depicting a person doing or saying something which is actually fabricated.
News Patents Court responds to UPC anti-interim-licence injunction in InterDigital v Amazon Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity before both the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and national courts in the UK and Germany in a dispute between InterDigital and Amazon relating to digital streaming patents and FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) licence terms. For ease of reference, this article uses the term 'FRAND', although the standards in this case technically refer to 'RAND' (reasonable and non-discriminatory); there is no practical difference between the two.
News Mishcon de Reya advises management team of Calastone on US$1 billion acquisition by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. Mishcon de Reya has advised the management team at Calastone on its acquisition by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (“SS&C” or Group: Nasdaq: SSNC), a global leader in investment and financial services software and solutions, in a transaction valued at approximately £766 million (approximately US $1.03 billion).
News Google faces relatively narrow remedies in the US for its search market conduct - but results may vary across the Atlantic On 20 October 2020, the US Department of Justice and 11 US states brought a claim against Google, alleging that the tech giant violated US competition law on the online search market (United States et al. v Google). On 17 December 2020, a similar claim was brought by 38 US states (State of Colorado et al. v Google). The two cases were subsequently consolidated.
News When AI impersonates - taking action against deepfakes in the UK The use of AI tools is proliferating and becoming mainstream. Allied to fast-moving developments in the technology, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish AI-generated content - including deepfakes (i.e. images, video or audio intended to impersonate an individual's likeness or voice) - from human-generated and authentic content.
Video Cambridge Tech Showcase 2025 On Thursday 11 September 2025, kicking off Cambridge Tech Week in style, Mishcon de Reya’s Cambridge office welcomed leading minds and pioneering companies for the annual Tech Showcase, a celebration of the city’s vibrant tech ecosystem.
News DCMS commissions a rapid evidence review of skins gambling The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has published a rapid evidence review of 'skins gambling', namely the use of virtual items obtained in online video games as stakes in gambling.
News The inventor identity crisis: Dr Thaler's bid to register a patent denied again Dr Stephen Thaler has become well known in the patent sphere for his global attempts to register patents for two inventions created by his AI machine, DABUS, and naming DABUS (rather than himself) as the inventor. In most jurisdictions, these applications have been refused; only South Africa has accepted one, likely due to basic formal application requirements.