With brexited UK announcing that it will not join Europe’s long-awaited Unified Patent Court (UPC), the establishment of an efficient pan-European patent litiga

A White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the European Commission provides insight on how governments might change product safety and liability rules t

The European Patent Office has denied two patent applications on the grounds that an AI system cannot be listed as the inventor. For the first time, the Europe

The UK has announced that it will not implement a key change in the EU copyright regime after Brexit. As a result, for affected businesses, consistent Europe-wi

What are the real data protection issues? The fact that BC, both public and private, is inherently transparent and immutable may clash with data minimization pr

“In an almost direct clash of intentions, the GDPR has effectively banned the use of blockchain technology in Europe because of its immutable nature.” – Forbes

It’s all very well to issue regulatory guidance – but it’s what you do to enforce it that really counts. The UK financial services regulatory agencies have impo

The French data protection authority, the CNIL, continues to fine organizations for failing to adopt what the CNIL considers to be fundamental data security mea

In two long-awaited decisions handed down yesterday and last week, respectively, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) had the opportunity to decide the fate of o

Last week, German regulators decided to no longer accept the widely used “JusProg” software as a sufficient means for online service providers to comply with st