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Penningtons Manches Cooper acts in landmark SKAT litigation
Posted: 06/10/2025
Penningtons Manches Cooper partner Richard Marshall, supported by managing associate Oliver Cooke and associate Charlotte Allan, successfully represented individual defendants John Devonshire and Alexander Koerner in one of the most significant civil fraud cases ever heard in the UK — Skatteforvaltningen v Solo Capital Partners & Others......>>
Court breaks up representative action romance: Getty Images v Stability AI
Posted: 10/02/2025
The case of Getty Images (US) Inc and Ors v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 38 (Ch), which the team previously reported on (see here), continues to progress through the English High Court. Most recently, the claimants sought for Thomas M Barwick Inc, the sixth claimant, to act as a representative for a class of individuals in the claim. On 14 January......>>
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......>>
Cryptocurrency claims: finding the fraudsters
Posted: 09/02/2024
The number of cryptocurrency fraud claims in the English courts is on the rise. Despite the increasing sophistication of the fraudsters, the common law and the English courts have adapted admirably to the challenge. In particular, the High Court in London has been busy establishing clear, procedural ground rules in the otherwise borderless......>>
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.......>>
Subscription traps: new law on the way
Posted: 14/09/2023
The long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the DMCC) was introduced to Parliament on 25 April 2023 and is now at Committee stage in the House of Commons. Touted as the 'new bill to stamp out unfair practices and promote competition in digital markets', the DMCC enhances the Competition and Markets......>>

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