A recent Nationwide advertisement featuring actor Dominic West has sparked an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following a complaint filed by rival bank Santander.
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ICO urges all app developers to prioritise privacy
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is issuing a reminder to all app developers regarding the paramount importance of safeguarding users’ privacy, following its examination of period and fertility apps.
Manchester chicken shop boss loses £12,000 in Tesla trademark row
Amanj Ali, the proprietor of Colorado’s Chicken in Bury, Greater Manchester, finds himself at a loss of £12,000 after a trademark dispute with Tesla resulted in a ruling against him.
Government Scraps Plans for Voluntary AI Code of Conduct, Stirring Concerns in Creative and Tech Sectors
The recent decision by the UK government to abandon plans for a voluntary code of conduct for artificial intelligence (AI) has been criticised by lawyers, arguing that such a code was destined to fail from the start.
Providing Business Clarity: How updated Guidance from the ICO on Age Assurance for the Children’s Code will Improve Online Child Safety
Businesses have historically lacked clarity from regulators regarding the compliant methods of age assurance available to them.
New law banning subscription traps and fake reviews to be introduced
Buying, selling or hosting fake reviews will become illegal as part of changes planned in new laws being introduced on Tuesday
Should I stay or should I go?
Many of us have heard about people resigning “in the heat of the moment”.
AI cannot be named as patent ‘inventor’, UK supreme court rules
Artificial intelligence cannot be legally named as an inventor to secure patent rights, the UK supreme court has ruled.
Apple banned from selling smartwatches in US over medical technology patent infringement
Apple has been forced to stop selling the Apple Watch in the US this week after a landmark lawsuit claimed the tech giant stole technology that monitors users’ vitals.
EU takes action against Elon Musk’s X over disinformation
The European Union has formally announced it suspects X, previously known as Twitter, of breaching its rules in areas including countering illegal content and disinformation.
A New Chapter in Transparency? Companies House’s New Powers to Tackle Economic Crime
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Act was passed in late October after years of public consultation on tackling economic crime, spurred on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Appeal decision finds Haribo’s gummy bear figurative trade mark distinctive
The Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has reversed the refusal of Haribo’s figurative trade mark consisting of an image of its ‘Goldbear’ gummy bear on the basis that the mark does satisfy the minimum degree of distinctiveness.
How can employers avoid problems at staff parties?
With the festive season fast approaching, many employers have already finalised their plans for a staff party. Others may prefer a more spontaneous approach.
OpenAI offers to pay for ChatGPT customers’ copyright lawsuits
Rather than remove copyrighted material from ChatGPT’s training dataset, the chatbot’s creator is offering to cover its clients’ legal costs for copyright infringement suits.
New research highlights increasing threat of US-style litigation culture to British business SMEs
The American taste for litigation is spreading beyond its borders, and it is coming for British small businesses next – this is the key finding of new research by Fair Civil Justice.
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