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Generative AI: A global guide to key IP considerations
Artificial intelligence (AI) raises many intellectual property (IP) issues.
Syndicated lending is a well-established and critical way for banks to share risk in financing larger or riskier projects. However, syndicates also involve otherwise competing banks talking to each other about the terms of the financing, sometimes with the potential to reduce competition between them.
On the heels of a high profile criminal cartel case launched against three major financial institutions and individuals last year, the financial services sector has been identified as a key focus area for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in 2019. A Financial Services Unit has been established to undertake regular inquiries into specific financial competition issues.
Syndicated lending processes may well feature in the ACCC’s consideration, particularly given the recent release by the European Commission of its final report on loan syndication, and its impacts on competition in credit markets (EC Report). The report highlights certain practices that could give rise to competition risks, involving the close cooperation or potentially collusive behaviour of syndicate members. Our firm’s detailed analysis of the EC Report can be accessed here.
Whilst the EC Report relies on European precedent and data, many of the issues raised have global relevance.
Download our summary of the findings of the report and their application to the Australian banking sector.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) raises many intellectual property (IP) issues.
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The UK remains a world leader in offshore wind, accounting for roughly 20 percent of global offshore wind capacity, with 11.3 GW operational. It is forecast that installed capacity will rise to 19.5 GW by mid 2020s.
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On 21 May 2024, the European Council (or Council) adopted the so-called ‘Hydrogen and decarbonised gas market package’ (the Gas Package). The package contains a recast of the 715/2009 gas regulation (Gas Regulation) and a recast of the 2009/73 gas directive (Gas Directive) aimed at reforming the existing EU regulatory framework to support the deployment of renewable and low-carbon gases, in particular hydrogen. As such, it represents a major development in the EU gas market.
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