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Generative AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) raises many intellectual property (IP) issues.
The 2017 budget speech is an object lesson in balancing competing priorities: the need for increased revenue collection set against a number of sensitive political considerations, made more acute by the looming national election in 2019 and the watching brief by the rating agencies.
There has been a significant under-collection of tax in the 2017 financial year, and the resultant tax rate adjustments are to personal income tax (up a staggering 4% at the top end of the spectrum) and dividends tax (increased from 15% to 20%).
While a number of commentators are sceptical as to whether or not these increases will “fill the hole”, they certainly are more palatable to the electorate at large than an increase in Value-Added Tax.
On the positive side, no ambitious spending projects were hastily adopted which should help alleviate the deficit. The Minister stuck to his guns and continued on the course which has marked his tenure in office: presenting conservative but sensible budgets, many of which have been crafted amidst one or other calamity or controversy.
The main budget proposals for the 2017-18 fiscal year include are following –
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Artificial intelligence (AI) raises many intellectual property (IP) issues.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) recently ruled in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz & Ors v. Switzerland (Application No. 53600/20) that Switzerland had breached the European Convention of Human Rights (the Convention) by not taking sufficient action against climate change. In particular, it found a breach of the right to respect for private and family life contained in Article 8 of the Convention, based on Switzerland’s failure to mitigate the impact of climate change on the lives, health, well-being and quality of life of its citizens. It also ruled that Switzerland had breached the right to a fair trial in terms of Article 6, in that the domestic courts failed to examine the merits of the applicants’ complaints, including the scientific evidence. In this article we consider the key features of this landmark judgment, which has wide ramifications for Member States of the Convention.
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We are delighted to announce that Al Hounsell, Director of Strategic Innovation & Legal Design based in our Toronto office, has been named 'Innovative Leader of the Year' at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Awards.
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