In this post, Rachel Free (Partner), Toby Sears (Partner) and Omri Shirion (Associate) of the CMS Intellectual Property team, preview the UK Supreme Court’s upcoming hearing of Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. This case concerns the treatment under the Patents Act 1977 (the “1977 Act”) of inventions created by artificial intelligence […]
President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv, Japan announced a generous financial aid package, and a “people’s court” put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial for the crime of aggression Monday as the war with Ukraine followed up the one-year mark with no end in sight. Biden also announced an additional $500 million […]
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On monday 20th and Tuesday 21st February 2023the Court will hear the case of Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Ahmed and anotheron appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 675. The case concerns two issues; 1) What is the nature and extent of […]
Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Bruce Borchers will give an update on the school system after the COVID-19 pandemic at Wednesday’s noon meeting of Altrusa International of Oak Ridge. On a related topic, attorney Joe Jarrett will discuss the policing of guns in schools, according to information from Altrusa. Bruce Borchers People wishing to attend the […]
CALL FOR PAPERS ILPC Annual Conference 2022 – Online Safety in a Connected World We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 7th Annual Conference on 17-18 November 2022 hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and supported by the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) […]
Author: Dr. Gemma Horton (University of Sheffield) Safety of Journalists In recent years, the threats that journalists face in their work have grown considerably. The development of technology has meant that journalists are subject to online violence for the work that they do, particularly women who are being targeted and are vulnerable to such attacks […]
In this post, Henry Powell (Associate) and Antoni Hajdon (Of Counsel) in the Real Estate Disputes team at CMS, comment on the case of Barton & Ors v Morris & Anor in place of Gwyn Jones (deceased) [2023] UKSC 3 – handed down on 25 January 2023. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal by a […]
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. This week, the Supreme Court is hearing two cases. On Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th February 2023, the Court will hear the case of Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXBon appeal from [2021] EWCA 356. The Court of […]