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What does ChatGPT mean for lawyers? Daniel Hoadley interviewed on Thomson Reuters' The Hearing podcast

Head of Data Science & Analytics Daniel Hoadley has been interviewed for the Thomson Reuters' Practical Law podcast, The Hearing.

ICO warns of fines for companies who do not get cookie banners right

The ICO has indicated that it is 'paying attention' to how companies use cookies on their websites and how they allow users to configure their settings.

New advertising guidance on avoiding racial and ethnic stereotypes

Diversity and representation have become increasingly important in the world of advertising. The Committee of Advertising Practice has unveiled new guidance that aims to eradicate harmful stereotypes from advertisements.

The Law Society, the Society of Computers and law and Tech London Advocates launches third edition of legal and regulatory guidance on Blockchain

New guidance has been launched to address emerging legal issues with Blockchain and associated technologies.

AI-generated works: an IP headache?

Have you seen the recent pictures of Pope Francis wearing a puffer jacket in the style of Balenciaga or Elon Musk holding hands with AOC? If so, these were created using Midjourney, an artificial intelligence (AI) art generator which can be used to create images from text descriptions and prompts.

Protective letters and patents: Campbell Forsyth and Nina O'Sullivan for World Intellectual Property Review

Partners Campbell Forsyth and Nina O'Sullivan have outlined the value of protective letters for businesses facing potential preliminary injunctions in the Unified Patent Court (UPC), in an article for World Intellectual Property Review.

Instagram reels from SOUNDGRAM trade mark registration

The High Court has recently declined to overturn a decision of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) to register the trade mark "SOUNDGRAM" for services described as 'the electronic transmission of streamed media content', following an opposition from Instagram LLC, the well-known social network.

Shorter Trial Scheme: proposed recoverable costs cap of £500,000 in patents litigation

UKIPO publishes long-anticipated guidance on NFTs, virtual goods and virtual services

In response to significant numbers of trade mark applications containing terms relating to services in the metaverse, virtual goods and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), intellectual property offices around the world are issuing guidance to applicants as to how to frame their applications and the specifications of goods and services for which they seek protection.

AI X IP Crime: the collaboration no one wanted

Those were the cautionary closing lines of a recent open letter from the Future of Life Institute. The letter called for a pause in the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 (the AI system that powers ChatGPT). Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, has also warned about AI, stating that "It can be very harmful if deployed wrongly … and the technology is moving fast", while Elon Musk has cautioned that AI could lead to "civilization destruction". Of course, the same tech giants have contributed to the AI arms race by shifting corporate strategies and investing billions of dollars in a very short period of time, leading to an unprecedented proliferation of AI technologies.

InterDigital v Lenovo: a blueprint for negotiations over Standard Essential Patents?

For the second time, a UK Court has decided global Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory ("FRAND") licence terms in a dispute relating to Standard Essential Patents ("SEPs"). The first was Unwired Planet v Huawei (discussed in one of our articles), which was notable at the time because Birss J (as he then was) settled global FRAND terms and put Huawei to the election of accepting them or being injuncted.