Analogue network meaning

In this issue: New technologies Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship LexTalk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&As Useful information New technologies Getty Images drops Stability AI copyright infringement claims from UK trial MLex reports that on 25 June 2025 Getty Images abandoned its direct copyright infringement claims against image generator Stability AI during the first day of closing submissions in a landmark three‑week High Court hearing in London. It is still pursuing allegations of trade mark infringement, passing off, secondary copyright infringement and issues around licensing, yet the move is a setback for the UK’s creative sector, which had sought clear precedent to provide broad copyright protection in the UK against AI models’ web scraping. See: Getty Images drops Stability AI copyright infringement claims from UK trial. IAB Tech Lab proposes framework for AI content usage compensation...

In this issue: New technologies Internet Media Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Telecommunications LexTalk®TMT: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information New technologies Tenets of patentability affected by the UK Supreme Court (Emotional Perception v Comptroller of Patents UKIPO) In Emotional Perception AI Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2026] UKSC 3, the Supreme Court has shaken the bedrock of UK patent law by resetting how exclusions from patentability—namely non‑patentable subject matter—are assessed. In addition, the Court clarifies what constitutes an invention and offers steer on evaluating inventive step/obviousness. This is a landmark for a generation: it will endure while driving immediate changes in patent practice. The ruling removes long‑standing UK obstacles to protecting advances across ‘all fields of technology’, not merely the AI and computing domains where Emotional Perception’s system sits. Its multi‑layered reasoning brings alignment and...

Mobile networks This Practice Note delivers a concise, quick-reference overview of the wireless telecoms sector for commercial lawyers. Mobile electronic communications networks are commonly called cellular networks because they consist of a mosaic of cells, arranged to let the network exploit its allocated frequency spectrum with maximum efficiency. A cell is the coverage area served by a base station (BS), and neighbouring cells operate on different frequencies to reduce channel interference. In rural locations, cells span wider areas than in dense urban settings, where additional capacity is needed. GSM networks Global System for Mobile communications (GSM—so named as a backronym, the original title being Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most widespread network standard. GSM is regarded as 2G (second generation, with the first generation being analogue mobile networks). 2G has evolved from the platform first rolled out in 1991, through the arrival of the packet data capability, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), in 1997 (therefore 2.5G), and further with higher packet data rates from 1999 via the...

CASE HUB ARCHIVED -this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the judgment of 29 April 2021; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline Proceedings were initiated by the Commission against Spain, alleging that Spain did not, within the deadline set by the Commission, implement measures to recover aid found incompatible with the internal market. The unlawful support concerned State aid granted to Telecom Castilla-La Mancha SA. Latest development On 29 April 2021, the Court of Justice delivered its ruling, upholding the Commission’s action for failure to fulfil obligations, and holding that, upon expiry of the Commission’s time‑limit, Spain had not adopted the steps required to recover the unlawful aid. The Court of Justice also determined that Spain failed to notify the Commission, within the prescribed period after the Commission’s decision was notified, of the measures undertaken. Parties Applicant: European Commission (the Commission) Defendant: Spain Market(s) Digital terrestrial television...