Hungary’s participation in the new unitary patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC) regime is in question following a recent ruling, but it is the ongoing legal challenge in Germany that […]
Continue Reading →Plans to require electric vehicle charging points to be installed in new homes in England have been outlined by the UK government. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Businesses in the payment services market do not necessarily need the consent of ‘silent parties’ to process their personal data when providing payment initiation or account information services to their […]
Continue Reading →Controversial proposals to reform EU copyright laws are to be further debated and opened up for amendment after MEPs rejected a move to put the plans forward for negotiation with […]
Continue Reading →Banks need skilled staff and sufficient resources to properly monitor the potential risks arising from outsourcing arrangements put in place by their cloud providers, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has […]
Continue Reading →Public sector bodies in the UK can buy cloud-based IT services from more than 3,500 suppliers via the new ‘G-Cloud 10’ framework, which went live on Tuesday. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →NHS patients in England will be able to manage how the data held about them by their GP is shared via the new NHS app due to launch later this […]
Continue Reading →Patents are valuable assets. It is sometimes necessary for owners to assert their patent rights in legal proceedings and, equally, for third parties restricted from selling rival goods by the […]
Continue Reading →The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has called on HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to increase VAT compliance checks on overseas traders selling goods in the UK via online […]
Continue Reading →The business chosen to provide the central infrastructure behind new payments architecture in the UK could be required to give companies active in the payments market access to the “global […]
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: Blockchain technology could ultimately revolutionise the way in which investors and the public consume company reports, a new report has suggested. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Inventions may be protected by the patent system, which has a statutory basis developed and refined by case law. Businesses wishing to obtain patent protection need to file an application […]
Continue Reading →The growing use of social media could be a factor behind the 39% rise in the number of defamation claims brought before the courts in London that has been recorded, […]
Continue Reading →UK government departments must record which “security related responsibilities” lie with them and which with their suppliers when outsourcing services, according to new cybersecurity standards that have been mandated. Read […]
Continue Reading →A US company has lost its bid to obtain EU trade mark protection for ‘france.com’ after an EU court ruled it was too similar to an existing trade mark owned […]
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: A new checklist has been developed by the European Banking Authority (EBA) to help banks and other financial institutions understand when they might rely on ‘pooled audits’ of service […]
Continue Reading →ANALYSIS: Changes to the UK immigration rules affecting a number of categories will take effect from 6 July 2018. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →An online gambling provider has paid a penalty of more than £2 million after it failed to meet its obligations on social responsibility and on addressing the risk of money […]
Continue Reading →Governments across the EU would have to justify national regulations requiring companies to store non-personal data locally under proposed new rules that moved closer to being finalised on Tuesday. Read […]
Continue Reading →A company was entitled to bring a claim for damages against a contractor which had paid bribes to its former managing director, regardless of whether it had affirmed its commercial […]
Continue Reading →A national data strategy is to be developed in the UK, the government has announced. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The amount of data that domain name registrars can be forced to gather on people operating websites could be determined by the EU’s highest court. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The launch of a ‘world first’ marine insurance blockchain platform shows that the insurance industry is moving the technology “from hype into reality”, an expert has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Banks do not need to check whether their customers have given other companies permission to access information from their payment accounts under EU payment services laws, the European Banking Authority […]
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