From idea to market: Key issues start-ups should consider during the innovation process
As a leading international law firm focussing on business sectors where technology plays a key role, we work with some of the most inventive...
Funding trends for innovative tech start-ups in 2017
Innovative and technology driven start-ups have typically attracted the most investment and limelight compared to other early stage companies. Yet the funding landscape has...
Wearable Tech – the legal considerations
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Innovating your business & working with start-ups – key challenges
Many of the commercial deals we advise on have technological innovation at their heart, with clients seeking to achieve a competitive advantage. Whether the...
The innovation imperative
It is well-recognised that the ability to innovate is a key factor in corporate success but the speed of disruption is increasing so this...
Can I use an electronic signature?
Since the EU eIDAS Regulation came into force in July last year there has been a noticeable resurgence of interest in the legality of...
There’s something very familiar about all this… Ben Hughes explores current and impending disruptive...
The technological developments depicted in Back to the Future Part II - the one in which Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel forward from...
G‑Cloud 9 is Open for Applications
G-Cloud is the UK public sector framework through which public bodies can purchase cloud services.
It is now well-established and consists of a series...
Do We Need Robot Law?
Roger Bickerstaff recently spoke at a joint British Academy/Royal Society event looking at this topic from the perspective of law, computer science and psychology...
Data ownership in the context of the European data economy: proposal for a new...
Our International Tech & Comms team in Brussels has made an extensive analysis of the EU legal framework related to data ownership. They performed...
Post-Truth Regulation: Born in the USA, Coming of Age in Europe?
Following Donald Trump's dramatic and, some might say, surprising rise to power, questions remain as to the extent to which fake news stories such...
Legal Practice on the Edge of Disruption
The history of “disrupted” industries has one thing in common: At the beginning, the prevailing view in the industry is always that disruption could...
Enforcement of open source licenses?
What happens when codes are released under an open source license? Has the developer in effect written off his right to the code? Can...
Collection of IP adresses for the purpose of legal proceedings
As has been widely discussed in the Danish tech media, in 2016 several law firms, including OPUS og Njord, have sent out letters to...
The Ins and Outs of Geoblocking
Geoblocking has become a controversial topic. The European Commission sees unjustified geoblocking as an impediment to the Digital Single Market. There is a broader...
Drone Deregulation Dawns in Australia
A new era of drone deregulation has dawned, reducing the red tape surround the use of smaller remotely piloted aircraft across Australia.
The Civil Aviation...
Blockchain – Enforcement Issues
As a society, we place many things in the hands of trusted authorities and it’s not always appropriate (or even possible) to remove them....
Big data – bigger contracts?
Understanding the many actors in the data value chain
Companies and organisations in Europe are increasingly becoming aware of the potential competitive advantages timely and...
Big data, small problem. Is the antitrust toolkit compatible for data?
Debate is rife over the role that competition law could or should play in the world of data. Opinions from authorities, lawyers and economists...
Net Neutrality: The 10 key points to know about the BEREC draft Guidelines
On 6 June 2016, BEREC (the “Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications”) issued a first proposal of ‘Guidelines on Net Neutrality’ (PDF), following...