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Glasgow's Tech Ecosystem

May 28, 2024 | lexology.com | Martin Sloan |Alison Bryce |Alasdair Dunn |Rebecca Ronney

With Glasgow still bustling from the Glasgow Tech Fest held this month, it was a great opportunity for businesses and experts to meet and discuss all things 'tech'. A particular highlight was Dealroom.co's presentation on their report on the tech ecosystem within Glasgow, which identified some of the key industry sectors within the Glasgow startup and scaleup community and noted record levels of investment last year.
Artificial intelligence: friend or foe?

May 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Alison Bryce |Martin Sloan |Ally Burr |Rebecca Ronney

Click here to watch the videoThis webinar explored the top issues which businesses and professionals should consider when making use of Artificial Intelligence. It considered the current regulatory landscape and explore the legal risks from intellectual property, contracts and liability, privacy and data protection, bias and discrimination to ethics.
Another copycat supermarket case?: The importance of registering design rights

Apr 22, 2024 | lexology.com | Alison Bryce |Rebecca Ronney |Clara Wilson

The Court of Appeal has dismissed Aldi's appeal against the 2023 judgement of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) which found that Aldi has infringed certain design registrations of Marks & Spencer (M&S). The decision is a valuable reminder of the value in obtaining registered design registrations for new products. In 2020, M&S introduced a new line of Christmas related products, including a gin liquor with edible golden flakes in a light up led bottles.
ICO update - be a "smart cookie" and comply before its AI tool catches you

Apr 22, 2024 | lexology.com | Alison Bryce |Rebecca Ronney |AMELIA WILSON

As discussed in our previous blog 'Cookie Compliance - ICO takes a bite', the ICO issued a statement in November 2023 revealing that it had written to 53 of the companies operating the UK's top 100 most visited websites warning them that they risked facing enforcement action if they failed to offer website visitors fair choices regarding personalised advertising tracking within 30-day from the notification.
The importance of robust T&Cs - analysing the Joan Parker-Grennan v Camelot UK Lotteries Limited decision

Apr 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Alison Bryce |Clara Wilson |Rebecca Ronney

The recent High Court decision highlights the importance of Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) that are written in plain English and effectively brought to the attention of any consumer prior to signing. As demonstrated by this case, properly incorporated and valid T&Cs are crucial when disputes regarding the contract arises. A false win of £1,000,000In 2015, Mrs Parker-Grennan won £10 by playing an instant win game owned by the Defendant, Camelot.