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Sustainable practices in life sciences: meeting ESG standards
Posted: 12/12/2024
In November, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) launched the ISO ESG Implementation Principles (IWA 48) at the 2024 COP 29 UN Climate Change Conference. Nearly 2,000 experts from standards organisations around the globe collaborated on these principles, to define and examine each aspect of environmental, social......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - October 2024
Posted: 31/10/2024
The owner of British luxury brand Mulberry has rejected a second acquisition offer from Frasers Group. Challice Limited, Mulberry’s majority shareholder holding a 56% stake, described the offer as an ‘unwanted distraction’ and said it had ‘no interest’ in selling its shares in the fashion brand to the retailer. The £111 million bid follows an earlier £83 million......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - September 2024
Posted: 30/09/2024
The Olympic and Paralympic Games were held in Paris this summer and, as predicted, saw a fusion between the worlds of sport and luxury fashion. French fashion group LVMH was described as ‘dominating’ the 2024 Games in a ‘multifaceted’ deal worth approximately USD $163 million that saw several of its ‘iconic Maisons’ taking on......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - June 2024
Posted: 01/07/2024
Earlier this month ultra-fast-fashion retailer Shein filed for a London listing which could value the company at up to $50 billion. It comes after reports that an initial listing in the US fell through as a result of the giant’s extensive operations in, and links to, China. Shein, known for its affordable, trend-driven fashion, has seen rapid growth in recent years......>>
AI and the use of data in the life sciences sector
Posted: 24/06/2024
AI is having a major impact on life sciences. Its ability to process vast quantities of data and information faster than humans has numerous valuable applications in the sector, from creating new drugs and targets, to use in medical devices to diagnose disease, as well as monitoring patients remotely, and analysing data, for example from MRI......>>
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......>>
EU AI Act – and a UK AI Regulation Bill?
Posted: 15/12/2023
AI legislation has been much in the news, with the European Parliament and Council of the EU reaching long-awaited political agreement on the proposed European Union Artificial Intelligence Act on Friday 8 December. The last few weeks also saw the UK Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill being introduced as a Private Members’ Bill......>>
Associated Press and Open AI: the first news-sharing and technology partnership
Posted: 26/10/2023
The two-year partnership between the Associated Press (AP) and OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, is one that has the potential to influence the way developers access and exploit valuable data sets to train AI. Whilst some of the key details of the deal have not been disclosed, including the commercial terms, what has been shared is that......>>
The Bitcoin file format and fixation: can copyright exist?
Posted: 19/10/2023
In Wright and others v BTC Core and others [2023] EWCA Civ 868, the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against the High Court's refusal to grant the claimants permission to serve a claim for infringement of copyright in the file format for the Bitcoin system out of the jurisdiction.......>>
The state of AI regulation in the UK and EU
Posted: 03/08/2023
On 14 June 2023, the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted to adopt the proposed European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). This act aims to regulate in somewhat fine detail the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) across the EU. The next stage is that trilogue discussions will commence between......>>

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