The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a recent decision set out factors for national courts to consider when ruling on when an operator of a website incorporating a marketplace can be held liable for trade mark infringement. The case involved third-party merchants on Amazon's marketplace selling...

As consumer demand for alternative proteins grows, companies launching new foods and alternative proteins need to be aware of the developing regulatory position

If artificial intelligence (AI) training data is not appropriately sourced then there is a risk of copyright or database right infringement . Data used to train AI is frequently sourced from the internet, for example, through web scraping tools. However, some of this data will be protected by copyright or...

In January 2023 our Osborne Clarke Knowledge Lawyers made their business law predictions for 2023 . Here, we see how those predictions are faring. General We thought that " businesses and their advisers are likely to sharpen their focus on the Opposition's emerging plans for the economy " – perhaps...

AI is nothing new - what is new is the pace of change. In an article first published by Sentinel magazine , we look at: how generative AI systems work the laws around artificial intelligence and the current international direction of travel input and output risks (including data protection, bias...

The Supreme Court has confirmed that an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered machine cannot be an inventor under the Patents Act 1977 and the owner of an AI machine is not entitled to apply for a patent for any technical advances made by the machine if the machine is said to be...

In a positive move for artificial intelligence (AI) innovators, the High Court has recently overturned a decision from the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), instead holding that the hearing officer had erred in finding that an AI invention was a computer program "as such ", and therefore was not patentable...

In this issue: Data protection and IP update : Adoption of EU data protection regulation likely in 2015 Amendment of the Belgian Data Protection Act Book XI of the Belgian code of economic law Employment law update : Termination of part-time employees Look forward: Michel I Social elections in May...