As with most LLM provider terms of service, Anthropic’s Commercial Terms of Service confirm that when you use Claude Code: Any IP in the output belongs to you, the customer (section B) Anthropic indemnifies the customer against a claim that the output infringes a third party’s IP rights (section K.1). For anyone using Claude Code […]
Read more »04/06/26 – In Part 1 of Making progress with AI governance we looked at the key elements which are likely to form part of an organisation’s cross-functional AI Policy. In this Part 2 we focus on the procurement of an AI system (which could be generative and/or agentic) and consider some of the key questions […]
Read more »21/01/26 – As AI tools and systems scale from evaluations/POCs to live deployments, businesses will want to start thinking about AI governance – putting in place policies, practices and processes
Read more »05/01/23 – If you’re having a meeting or discussion with a third party which may involve you disclosing confidential information you should of course make sure that you get the third party to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Although the detailed terms of NDAs vary, they generally have two principal functions: to impose an obligation […]
Read more »29/11/22 – The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently published new guidance on email marketing and phone marketing. The guidance is supplementary to the ICO’s Guide to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and (124-page) draft Direct Marketing Code of Practice. Direct marketing is a fiddly area, with different rules depending on whether you’re using […]
Read more »09/11/22 – When I’m asked by a client to help with an invoice that they’ve been chasing without success, they assume the next step is for me to fire off a letter before action, ideally threatening fire and brimstone, and then issue legal proceedings. There are times when this is appropriate, but there are also […]
Read more »Issues to consider when drafting, reviewing or negotiating service levels include: Service levels Are uptime service levels measured monthly, or over a different period? (A 99.9% uptime service level measured monthly allows for a single outage of approx. 43 minutes; measured quarterly, that increases to more than two hours.) Are out-of-hours outages dealt with in […]
Read more »12/03/20 – The UK government has issued a Statement in response to the Law Commission’s report on Electronic execution of documents. My article on the Law Commission’s report can be accessed here. Key takeaways from the government’s Statement: The government agrees with the report’s conclusion that businesses and individuals can feel confident in using e-signatures […]
Read more »22/10/19 – The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made a provisional finding that Fender Musical Instruments Europe Limited operated a policy between 2013 and 2018 which required online retailers to resell Fender’s guitars at or above a minimum price. This practice constitutes illegal resale price maintenance (RPM) under: The Chapter I prohibition of the […]
Read more »25/09/19 – Following a project focusing on uncertainties regarding the formalities around the electronic execution of documents, the Law Commission issued its report on Electronic execution of documents on 6th September 2019. Key takeaways: Electronic signatures can be used to execute documents, including where there is a statutory requirement for a signature. An electronic signature is […]
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