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24 September 2026
G1/25 – Right Back Where We Started From?
The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office issued its decision in referral G1/25 earlier this month, as we reported...
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5 min read
14 September 2026
European Commission proposes European Innovation Act
The European Commission has proposed a new European Innovation Act, intended to strengthen Europe's innovation ecosystem and help...
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2 min read
19 August 2026
Fighting fire with fire: how in-house teams can use AI to tame AI
The rise of AI-generated work for legal teams Ask most legal leaders what they expect from AI and you'll typically hear the same...
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5 min read
13 August 2026
Ten things you think you know about AI as an in-house lawyer – and why you might be wrong
Strategies which rest on the assumption that AI simply makes everything faster, cheaper, and easier are ones that risk being dangerously...
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8 min read
31 July 2026
EU Cyber Resilience Act guidance now out: here's what you need to know
The list of everyday devices compromised by cyberattackers seems to grow longer every day, from fish tanks to toasters , baby monitors to...
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7 min read
27 May 2026
Changes to the new Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation
We recently wrote about changes to the law which came into force on 1 May 2026 and which impact upon technology transfer agreements...
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5 min read
07 May 2026
The Council and Parliament agree to slim down and delay parts of the EU AI Act
"Simplification is one of the most difficult things to do," Jony Ive, the British-American designer behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad once...
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4 min read
14 April 2026
Time is running out: preparing your commercial agreements to comply with the duty to prevent workplace harassment
The new tax year started last week, but few people pause to ask why it starts on 6 April, a date that seems, at first glance, arbitrary....
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3 min read
01 April 2026
SMEs and Start-ups: Why File a Patent?
A granted patent offers a strong monopoly right which allows an applicant to prevent other businesses from implementing their patented...
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5 min read
12 March 2026
DRCF Responsible AI Forum 2026: what businesses need to know (part 1)
We love our digital tools.We just don't trust them. Valeria Adani, Partner at Projects by IF, distills one of technology's most vexing...
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5 min read
17 February 2026
Making AI safe and fast: why business wins when legal helps to lead
The Winter Olympics are now in full swing. And for Team GB, they have been record-breaking. Over the weekend, Tim Weston became the first...
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2 min read
18 October 2025
ICO Shares Tips for Small Businesses to Defend Against Cyber Attacks: 'Password123' is Probably not Going to Cut it!
Cyberattacks feel pretty inescapable at the moment. They've always been there but in recent months there have been countless high profile...
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10 min read
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