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Generative AI: A global guide to key IP considerations
Artificial intelligence (AI) raises many intellectual property (IP) issues.
Global | Publication | November 2018
Since 1st April 2018, a commercial or domestic property that does not achieve an Energy Efficiency Certificate (EPC) rating of E or higher is a “substandard property”. A sub-standard property must not be let until the landlord carries out “relevant” energy efficiency improvements to bring it to the required standard.
There are some exemptions (see our July Focus), one being that improvements to domestic property are only required if they are at “no cost” to the landlord, for example because local authority grants are available.
The government has decided that this exemption has resulted in the regime having “insufficient bite”. It announced on 5th November 2018 that the current regulations (The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015) will be amended to:
Once in force, the amended regulations will apply on the grant of a new tenancy to both new and existing tenants. From 2020, they will apply to all privately rented domestic property.
Enforcement is in the hands of the local authority and its powers include the issue of fines (capped at £5,000) and the right to “name and shame”.
The changes are expected to come into force during 2019 “subject to parliamentary time” and, it is estimated, will affect about 200,000 landlords.
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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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