Since 27 September 2026, the rules of the Empowering Consumers Directive (EmpCo Directive) apply in the EU Member States. The EmpCo Directive aims to tackle unfair commercial practices that mislead consumers and prevent them from making sustainable consumption choices, such
The Internet is, at its core, a system of knowledge consisting of files stored on computers that are linked and made accessible to the public by URLs. The Fifth Circuit recently addressed the balance of making knowledge accessible and protecting
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published updated guidance on unfair consumer contract terms and notices under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA) [Unfair contract terms – GOV.UK].
The revised guidance comes when consumer protection is
Last month, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) published its much anticipated Legal Statement on Liability for AI Harms under English law (the Statement).
Whilst the Statement is not legally binding, its authors are a panel of eminent legal professionals and
On July 22, 2026, the Federal Circuit handed down a nonprecedential yet strategically important decision in Shenzhen Jisu Technology Co., Ltd. v. The Entities and Individuals Identified in Annex A, affirming a district court’s reversal of a preliminary injunction
From 11 August 2026, the prior consent of all individuals in France will be required for any telephone marketing from any caller regardless of the sector.
Under the Law n° 2025-594 of 30 June 2025 on “Combating All Forms of
The EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act requires companies to disclose in certain cases whether content has been created or modified by AI. This also applies to companies that make use of AI such as image-generation programs for product advertising.
Given
As AI systems continue to be adopted at scale, they are increasingly performing tasks carried out by human employees. From drafting documents, to writing code, to handling customer queries and concerns have grown about the economic risks this shift may
In March 2026 the darts phenomenon and reigning World Champion, Luke Littler, applied to the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to register his face as a trade mark in the UK across a variety of different categories [From the
In a short but instructive opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit delivered a reminder about the relationship between claim language, written descriptions and the limits of what a patent’s claims can cover. Dynapass owns U.S.
