Specialty Group: Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Cybersecurity

Although the global pandemic has significantly impacted businesses around the world, it has expedited the development of the e-commerce market and facilitated the digital transformation of brands. Accompanying such a dev ...

Authors: Tim O’Callaghan, Travis Shueard In Commissioner of Patents v Thaler [2022] FCAFC 62, the Full Federal Court has unanimously held that an AI cannot be named as an inventor for the purposes of a patent appl ...

The United Arab Emirates has issued for the first time a federal law for the protection of personal data, namely the 'Federal Decree-Law no. 45/2021 on the Protection of personal data' ('Personal data protection law'). T ...

Over a 14 month period, 7-Eleven used a facial recognition tool imbedded in a voluntary survey completed instore by customers. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner commenced an investigation into 7-Elev ...