Paul Jinks

Oct 30, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Paul Jinks

For 30 years many third-party agents who buy or sell goods in Great Britain on the behalf of another (their principal) as opposed to in the agent’s own name have qualified for protection under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 [The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993] (the Regulations). If the criteria for the Regulations to apply is met, then they protect both individual self-employed agents and companies who act as agents.

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.

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.

Oct 31, 2023 | iptechblog.com | Paul Jinks

2023 has been the year that governments, regulators and international organisations have all sought to get to grips with the challenges of regulating AI including the publication in April of the UK government’s policy paper outlining its proposed approach to AI regulation (A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)); the EU’s AI Act which may shortly become the world’s first piece of AI specific regulation (EU AI Act: first regulation on artificial intelligence | News |...

Oct 31, 2023 | natlawreview.com | Paul Jinks

The often-controversial UK Online Safety Act (the OSA) has finally become law after receiving Royal Assent yesterday UK children and adults to be safer online as world-leading bill becomes law – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) heralding the end of the era of largely self-regulation for user generated content by technology platforms, whether large or small.