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  10/09/2024

  Belgien

  The relationship between intellectual property and AI

  Like many of our clients, the IP lawyers at CMS are struck by the speed at which AI is developing and by the impact that AI will have on the application of the law. In this series of short articles, we will identify several questions that AI poses in the area of intellectual property law, and we will provide pragmatic answers. Our approach is based on our national law (which is Belgian law), but the legal reasoning will apply in many other jurisdictions, given that the areas of law we will cover – copyright law, personality rights, trademark law and design law – are governed by international...

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  30/08/2024

  Southeast Asia

  Malaysia’s new Cyber Security law takes effect

  Malaysia’s Cyber Security Act 2024 (Act 854) (“CSA”), which came into force on 26 August 2024, sets out the national cyber security compliance framework involving the newly established National cybersecurity Security Committee (“NCSC”), the Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Agency (“Chief Executive”), national critical information infrastructure entities (“NCII Entities”) and cyber security service providers (“CSSPs”).Various regulations have been published alongside the CSA, including the following:Cyber Security (Compounding...

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  29/08/2024

  United Kingdom

  First commencement regulations made under the Media Act issued by the Government

  On 15th August 2024, the Government issued “The Media Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2024” (the “Regulations”), bringing into force certain provisions under the Media Act 2024 (the “Act”). Whilst the Act received Royal Assent in May prior to the General Election, the majority of its provisions were designed not to commence pending secondary legislation. The Regulations mark the first tranche of such secondary legislation to bring various provisions of the Act into force. These provisions became effective on 26th August.Most of the Act’s...

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  22/08/2024

  Belgium

  Application of Belgian merger control on creation of innovation hub

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  On 12 August 2024, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) approved the acquisition of joint control over Community Building Arenberg BV by four key players – Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen, Flanders Make, the city of Leuven and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.The project’s aim is to develop a 17,500 m² community building within Arenberg Science Park located in Leuven. Community Building Arenberg BV will build and manage a new innovation hub that will provide office spaces for rent, primarily targeting high-tech companies seeking to establish themselves in Leuven. It will also...

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  21/08/2024

  England and Wales

  Defamation update part two: High Court’s first consideration of s 6 Defamation Act 2013 (peer-reviewed statements in scientific or academic journals)

  In the first article of this two-part series, we looked at the court’s treatment of the public interest defence (s.4 of the Defamation Act 2013), on which the publishers of the Mail on Sunday (and its health editor) had relied, in a significant judgment handed down by the High Court on 25 June 2024. In this article, we explore the court’s treatment of the defence of privilege for a report of a peer-reviewed scientific article (s.6 of the Act) in the same judgment. In contrast to the public interest defence, this defence was upheld. This is significant, as it represents the first time...

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  20/08/2024

  England and Wales

  Defamation update part one: High Court considers application of public interest defence to articles on statins

  In a recent significant judgment, the High Court considered the extent of the public interest and statutory qualified privilege defences in defamation cases. The presiding judge, Nicklin J, commented that this was “the most significant piece of defamation litigation that [he had] seen in a very long time”. Given its significance, this article is the first of a two-part series focusing on the key issues in the case and focuses on the court’s treatment of the public interest defence. In our next article, we will focus on the court’s treatment of the statutory qualified privilege...

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