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Smart beauty: An update on AI innovation in the beauty industry

The beauty industry in 2025 is an example of innovation in action. Since our last briefing on this topic, the rate of AI adoption has accelerated as businesses seek to keep pace and innovate. For beauty brands, retailers, and consumers, this shift is reshaping how products are created, marketed, and experienced.

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UPC update: July 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of our UPC update, which comes shortly after the court celebrated its second birthday. In this edition, we report on the first decision relating to infringement of second medical use patents, as well as a number of important procedural developments.

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Cambridge Tech Showcase 2025

Following the success of last year's showcase, we are excited to announce our second event during Cambridge Tech Week. Introducing our 2025 Cambridge Tech Showcase, an immersive in-person event highlighting emerging technologies from across the Cambridge ecosystem.

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UKIPO issues much anticipated trade mark specification guidance following SkyKick judgment

The UK Intellectual Property Office has issued a  Practice Amendment Notice providing guidance on trade mark specifications following the Supreme Court’s judgment in SkyKick. The guidance clarifies the approach applicants should take when drafting trade mark specifications, and the judgment's impact on examination of new trade mark applications.

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MDR Lab alumni company Laurel secures $100 million in Series C funding

Laurel, formerly known as Time by Ping, an AI-Time company and a 2017 alumnus of Mishcon de Reya's MDR Lab, has announced its $100 million Series C funding round. The investment was led by IVP, with participation from Google Ventures, 01.a, Rahul Mehta (Managing Partner at DST Global), DST Global, Alexis Ohanian, and returning investors ACME and Anthos.

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US Copyright Office Report Part 3: Generative AI training

As generative AI continues to advance rapidly, it is raising fundamental questions at the intersection of technology and creative rights. Central to the debate is how the law should apply to the use of massive datasets, often containing copyright protected works, to train the powerful generative AI systems.

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Getty Images v Stability AI: Peter Nunn for The Times

The High Court trial between Getty Images and Stability AI began on Monday 9 June, and will address Getty's claims that Stability AI scraped and copied vast numbers of Getty's images without Getty's consent or payment, in order to train its GenAI image generator, Stable Diffusion.

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