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The importance of the decision in WaterRower UK Limited v Liking Limited (t/a Topiom)

Peter Vaughan, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and Associate Professor at Nottingham Law School, shares his thoughts on a recent ruling concerning what constitutes artistic craftmanship and what it means for the tension between the UK and EU approach to copyright

Balancing free speech and content regulation in Nigeria

Nigeria's NFVCB faces criticism over new regulations for online content creation, raising concerns about freedom of expression, explains Ayokunle Faith Adetula

Refurbishment of AGA cookers: important questions concerning exhaustion of IP rights and the interplay between copyright and design law

Nina O'Sullivan, Partner and Head Knowledge Lawyer (Contentious), and Georgina Doukanaris, Associate, at Mishcon de Reya LLP, discuss in detail the recent ruling in AGA Rangemaster Group Limited v (1) UK Innovations Group Limited (2) Michael Patrick McGinley [2024] EWHC 1727 (IPEC))

Tesla triumphs in Avago’s UPC patent battles

Lucy Coe and Matthew Naylor offer key insights into the evolving UPC approach to claim interpretation

AI will impact the labour market, but how will Labour impact the AI market?

Paul Kavanagh, Dylan Balbirnie and Anita Hodea review the future of AI regulation in the UK under the new Labour government

The EU AI Act: comprehensive regulation and implications for AI stakeholders

Paul Kavanagh, Dylan Balbirnie and Anita Hodea provide an overview of the EU's new AI Act and its requirements for different AI categories

AI regulation: contrasting EU and UK approaches

James Castro-Edwards looks in detail at the differences between the approaches to the regulation of artificial intelligence taken by the EU and the UK

Seeing is deceiving: manipulated digital content, deepfakes and the law

Chloe Flascher takes a closer look at the dangers of deepfakes and the legal protections introduced by the Online Safety Act in England and Wales