May 18, 2023 Marks & Clerk commentary on AI featured in top publication for the European start-up community, Sifted By M&C Newsroom Earlier this month, the EU provisionally granted proposals for new copyright laws for generative AI models, marking a global first if the...
Apr 27, 2023 Marks & Clerk expert commentary on the latest Ed Sheeran case featured in global news By M&C Newsroom Earlier this week we were invited to give our views on the latest Ed Sheeran case to media outlets including This is Money, New York Folk...
Apr 19, 2023 There's value in trade marks- It's no mystery By Graeme Murray There’s value in trade marks- It’s no mystery This sensational battle of the wags saga, which has seen astonishing online revelations and...
Apr 17, 2023 Heart On My Sleeve - Rappers' viral collaboration that never happened By Sarah Chittock A YouTuber called Ghostwriter has used AI software trained on the voices of rappers Drake and The Weeknd to produce a track called Heart...
Apr 06, 2023 A quick (mani)cure for copyright infringement claim against Shein? By Elizabeth Hickman A British nail artist from Manchester claims that Shein, the fast fashion company, have copied the designs of her nail art and used...
Apr 04, 2023 False copyright infringement claims subject of new Amazon lawsuit By Megan Rannard Amazon's Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) reports having filed three lawsuits in relation to false copyright infringement claims filed...
Mar 27, 2023 The Economist draws an analogy between AI data mining and early pirated music platforms: does this herald a new era of copyright infringement claims? By Gina Lodge That AI is the future is not in doubt. But as machine learning plays an increasingly important role in a diverse range of businesses from...
Mar 15, 2023 Spring Budget 2023: winners and losers By Hannah Thorne Birds are chirping, daffodils are blooming, and pictures of a red briefcase are splattered across the newspapers. It's Budget season once...
Feb 17, 2023 The difficulties of exploiting IP through royalty-based NFTs By Mike Shaw As expected, Rihanna's performance at the 2023 Super Bowl generated considerable press coverage, including publicity centred around the...
Jan 18, 2023 Getty Images taking UK action against Stability AI for copyright infringement in AI training By Sarah Chittock This is the first major IP dispute in the UK concerning AI that has been trained on unlicensed creative works, and it will be an...
Nov 14, 2022 New "blue tick" procedure on Twitter leads to increase in brand impersonation accounts By Megan Rannard World Trademark Review (WTR) has been reporting on the changing procedures at Twitter and in particular, the new system under which...
Nov 04, 2022 Predicted "longest ever" recession indicates a need for businesses to prepare for medium term pain By Ed Round The news that UK interest rates are to rise significantly, in the face of poor economic prospects for up to two years, means that...