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On 6 August 2017, in advance of proposed legislation, the UK government published 8 ‘Key Principles' regarding the cyber security of connected and autonomous vehicles. This is the last of a series of 4 blogs regarding those principles...

On 6 August 2017, in advance of proposed legislation, the UK government published 8 ‘Key Principles' regarding the cyber security of connected and autonomous vehicles. This is the third of a series of 4 blogs regarding those principles...

Blockchain is increasingly cited as the solution to many of the world's problems, offering a low friction, tamper-resistant record of transactions or processes...

Alongside data protection law runs a set of rules relating to electronic communications – the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (EC Directive) 2003, or PECR...

In a landmark ruling last week, the US Supreme Court held that the rule against disparaging trademarks in the Lanham Act is unconstitutional under the First Amendment right to free speech...

Uber's reaction to a serious accident in Arizona was, entirely appropriately, to temporarily ground its entire self-driving fleet in Arizona, Pittsburgh and San Francisco...

3D printing is moving from a narrow role as a prototyping technology to offer an exciting new spectrum of possibilities...

A recent decision in favour of premium car maker, Jaguar Land Rover, demonstrates the effectiveness of the EU-wide trade mark, and highlights the efficient procedures available under the pilot Shorter Trials Scheme in the London High Court...

Drone usage has evolved from primarily military purposes to a variety of commercial and non-commercial uses today.  Some estimates put global spending on drones at almost $91 billion over the next decade, making drones one of the most dynamic components of the aerospace sector...

Transfers of personal data from most European countries to the US have been exposed to legal attack since October 2015, when privacy campaigner Max Schrems successfully sued the Irish authorities over data transfers made by Facebook Ireland...

UK broadcaster Sky plc has been flexing its legal muscles again recently. The broadcasting group, formerly BSkyB, takes an aggressive stance to protect its brand internationally...

Arnd Böken, of our affiliate Graf von Westphalen, gives a German perspective on transatlantic data transfers...