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Safe use of social media and the internet has been thrust into the spotlight once again with the publication of the Online Safety Bill on 17 March 2022.

On 21 February 2022, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy ("BEIS") published its proposed draft Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Order 2022 ("VBEO") for consultation.

We are pleased to announce that Mishcon de Reya and several of our lawyers have been listed in the 2022 World Trademark Review 1000 rankings for the United Kingdom.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have published guidance on advertising cryptoassets.

On 4 September 2019, only a few months before the start of the pandemic, the Law Commission reported that electronic signatures could be validly used in English law to sign most documents (including deeds).

Associates Moustapha Hammoud and Mariel Stringer-Fehlow from Mishcon de Reya's Private Wealth and Private Wealth Disputes departments featured in EprivateClient providing an overview of the key considerations for trustees when it comes to investing in digital assets.

A recent Court of Appeal decision, Penhallurick v MD5 Ltd, highlights the importance of ensuring that businesses secure ownership of any software and other copyright works created by employees that they may wish to exploit.

The UK Intellectual Property Office has published a Designs Framework Survey seeking views on the UK designs system. The short survey, aimed at designers, design-led businesses and manufacturers, is provided in advance of a Call for Views, which will seek more in-depth information on designs issues. This review is one of several the UKIPO is conducting following Brexi

Miles Geffin, Legal Director and private client lawyer at Mishcon de Reya, has been quoted in a recent article in Financial Times, entitled “English legal system must keep pace with crypto and AI, says lawyers.” The article follows a proposal by Professor Richard Susskind, the technology advisor to the head of the judiciary in England and Wales