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Sep 5, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Carlton Daniel
Consumer law and regulation has been thrusted into the limelight in recent months. The main reason for this is the introduction of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC Act), which received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024. The changes introduced by the DMCC Act are significant and will result in both increased consumer rights protection, and a strengthened enforcement process which seeks to crack down on unfair practices.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
squirepattonboggs.com | Carlton Daniel |Marisol C. Mork
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Carlton Daniel
On 15 May 2024 the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgement in the case of Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed (Lifestyle Equities C.V. and another (Respondents) v Ahmed and another (Appellants) – The Supreme Court) clarifying the law on the personal liability of individuals who (unknowingly) assist another (the Primary Infringer) to infringe a registered trade mark and raising the bar for trade mark owners looking to pursue such personal liability claims.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Carlton Daniel
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two ads for breach of the rule prohibiting the use of gender stereotypes in advertising, which was introduced in 2019. We commented at the time that these restrictions were likely to see a rise in number of complaints being handled by the regulator.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Carlton Daniel
Clear disclosure of an ad is of paramount importance in the advertising world, and we have discussed this previously in our blogs here and here. In the ever-evolving landscape of advertising regulations, the recent decision by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regarding social media posts by former footballers in relation to Supreme CBD’s products have sparked discussion in the press.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
squirepattonboggs.com | Carlton Daniel
Please join us for our LGBTQ+ History Month: Then and Now panel event, which will be held on Thursday 22 February 2024 at 6 p.m. in our London office. The panel will be moderated by Carlton Daniel, partner and chair of our UK LGBTQ+ employee resource group. He will be joined by representatives from Workplace Pride, Selfridges, Macquarie Group and The Others & Me, who are leading the way in creating LGBTQ+ inclusive workplaces.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Carlton Daniel |Paul Jinks |David Naylor
In a much anticipated judgment, the UK Supreme Court delivered
on 20 December 2023 its ruling in the case of Thaler v
Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of
Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Respondent) – The Supreme
Court) on whether an artificial intelligence
(AI) system can be named as the inventor for a UK
patent application.
The court unanimously found that AI cannot.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Carlton Daniel |Paul Jinks |David Naylor
In a much anticipated judgment, the UK Supreme Court delivered on 20 December 2023 its ruling in the case of Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Respondent) – The Supreme Court) on whether an artificial intelligence (AI) system can be named as the inventor for a UK patent application. The court unanimously found that AI cannot.
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Jul 22, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Carlton Daniel
Last month, oil giant, Shell, was caught out again by UK regulator – the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA“) – for breaching its rules against making misleading environmental claims. Previous ASA ruling against ShellThis latest ruling is reminiscent of a 2020 ASA ruling against Shell for a radio ad, where it used the claim “Drive carbon-neutral by filling up and using Shell Go+ today. Make the change. Drive carbon-neutral“.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Carlton Daniel
The use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is growing, but whether AI-generated works can be protected by copyright remains unclear and the position is inconsistent across different jurisdictions including the UK and USA. A recent US case, concerning a comic book which included AI-generated images, offers an opportunity to contrast the two countries’ approaches to AI-generated work in more detail. US Copyright Office decisionKristina Kashtanova is an artist and author.
