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• Navigating risk: lessons from the CrowdStrike outage
  Posted: 19/08/2024
  Whether you are an SME or a large organisation, establishing supply chain resilience is critical, as a business is only as strong as its weakest link. CrowdStrike’s recent faulty technical update caused 8.5 million computers running Microsoft Windows to crash, grounding flights, taking broadcasters off the air and clogging up health systems. CrowdStrike......>>
• The lapse of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
  Posted: 04/07/2024
  Following the announcement of the general election, the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill has been one of the legislative casualties that was unable to be passed during the ‘wash-up period’. However, given that it enjoyed broad parliamentary support and was nearing the end of the legislative process, it may be reintroduced......>>
• Penningtons Manches Cooper advises PointFuse on the sale of its core IP and technology
  Posted: 22/04/2024
  The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised UK-based 3D mesh software provider, PointFuse, on the sale of its core IP and technology to American multinational software corporation, Autodesk. PointFuse transforms point cloud information into user-friendly segmented 3D mesh models. These models are a crucial component......>>
• Are fraudsters (soul)bound to fail? An overview of soulbound tokens and their use in fighting fraud
  Posted: 04/04/2024
  A recent judgment of the High Court of Singapore has authorised the tokenisation of a worldwide freezing order as a soulbound token (SBT), to be attached to private (cold) wallets associated with fraud via a ‘souldrop’ (largely equivalent to an NFT-airdrop). The SBT, which permanently attaches to the cold wallet, not only serves the court documents......>>
• Generative AI in the courts: Getty Images v Stability AI
  Posted: 16/02/2024
  In January 2023, Getty Images – a ‘pre-eminent global visual content creator and market place’ – commenced legal proceedings in the English High Court against Stability AI, an open-source generative artificial intelligence (AI) company. Getty is alleging infringement of its IP rights in relation to Stability’s deep learning AI model that automatically......>>

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E-Bulletins

• PennTech update - June 2024
  In this update, we delve into several pressing legal matters and upcoming events. Our recent podcast features Charlotte Hill, Tom Perkins, and Joanne Vengadesan discussing the current AI regulatory landscape across the UK, EU, and US, highlighting proactive steps for organisations to take when considering AI development and implementation.

• PennTech update - Winter 2023
  In this latest edition, AI is once again a key focus as our IP and Tech specialists explore the partnership established between Associated Press and OpenAI. Our corporate team looks at AI’s impact on corporate governance and there is a further update on the latest regulatory proposals in the UK.

• BioBrief - August 2023
  In this edition of BioBrief, we look in detail at a recent case involving university-generated intellectual property and in particular the position of students who contribute to such IP. On a related topic, I give some practical, high-level guidance on the legal position relating to the ownership of inventions when outside consultants are involved.

• PennTech update - Summer 2023
  The world of tech continues to spin at an incredible pace, where the convergence of politics, legislation, and technology is altering our landscape more dynamically than ever before. First on our list in this month's newsletter is the UK/US 'data bridge' - announced by US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on 8th June 2023.

• PennTech update - Spring 2023
  Welcome to our latest edition of the PennTech update! In this edition, we consider the digitalisation of international trade documents and while commercial shipping is advancing technologically, bills of lading are yet to catch up.

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Brochures & factsheets

• Academic spinouts - a report on the funding of UK spinouts
  This report from Penningtons Manches builds on work begun in Financing Growth in Innovative Firms, the consultation published as part of the Patient Capital Review. That report identified growing levels of investment into spinouts in the UK in the context of a perceived dearth of capital available on patient terms.
• From the Golden Gate to the Golden Triangle - a report on US investment into UK companies
  There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in the technology industry and its impressive pace of change. Whether you’re in Cambridge or California, innovation clusters across the globe are nurturing ground-breaking technologies and creating world-leading businesses.
• Technology fact sheet
  An overview of Penningtons Manches’ technology team: our multi-disciplinary team is a key adviser in the technology sector, assisting corporates based in the UK and overseas.

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