Regulation of e-payments in the UAE as businesses cash-in on cash-less solutions | Hadef & Partners

In recent times, we have seen the introduction of the concept of ‘cashless’ ways to pay for goods and services, offering more convenience and security benefits than traditional payment methods. There are e-wallets, retail-based digital reward exchanges, there is direct carrier billing, and there is even the ability to pre-load cash onto mobiles, wristbands and …

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Firm Focus: AdamsonJones | AdamsonJones

AdamsonJones provides intellectual property (IP) services encompassing patent, design and trade mark protection and advice in the UK, Europe and throughout the world. The firm works with an expanding list of sophisticated and demanding clients, ranging from innovative start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to multinational corporations and internationally renowned universities. AdamsonJones also represents …

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Should you be worried about the Digital Single Market? | TLT

The Digital Single Market (DSM) proposals emanating from Brussels are designed to create a level digital playing field between Europe and the USA. The European Union has long acknowledged the online dominance of the American tech giants and is keen to create a legal framework that may benefit the European digital economy. But in classic …

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The General Data Protection Directive: correcting the myths | Technology Law Alliance

With less than one year left before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May 2018, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has embarked on an initiative to correct some public misconceptions about its impact. Elizabeth Denham, the Information Commissioner, recently expressed concern in the ICO blog that ‘not everything you read or …

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Access to content anytime, anywhere, any device: how changes in consumption habits shape EU policies | Shearman & Sterling

The introduction of the internet as a delivery platform and the digitisation of audio visual (AV) content have triggered major changes in the media sector. The shift from a relatively closed media system, controlled and broadcast linearly, to an open media ecosystem where the audience chooses its favourite content on-demand not only represents a challenge …

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Emergency enforcement of intellectual property rights | Rational Intellectual Property

Intellectual property rights (IPRs) help companies maintain their competitive edge in the marketplace. To prevent this edge from being eroded, it sometimes becomes necessary to enforce these rights against infringers.

Edging closer to a UK draft Data Protection bill for GDPR implementation | Eversheds Sutherland

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has just published a ‘Statement of Intent’ on the Data Protection Bill. For those hoping to see the draft bill itself, sadly we will have to wait. It is not the draft bill, but simply a statement of what it plans to do to keep in line …

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Robotic process automation: understanding the legal issues | CMS Cameron McKenna

Quite simply, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is software which mimics and replaces computer-facing work which is or can be done by humans. Think of it as a ‘digital workforce’.

Unitary patents – more than 40 years to make and a Brexit to break? | Brodies

Hailed as representing the first-ever truly pan-EU patent system set to come into being later this year, the future of the new Unitary Patent Court (the UPC) has been thrown into doubt.

Cyber attacks: the clock’s ticking… | Baker McKenzie

It is the phone call that all in-house lawyers or chief compliance officers may dread. It might be from your IT team, or from law enforcement, reporting that there has been a security breach and that data has been leaked to the dark web; or it might be from a journalist, telling you that they …

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