Category: Technology & IP

Almost every commercial software product incorporates open source components, and the obligations those components carry vary significantly by licence type. This post examines the legal obligations and commercial risks of GPL, LGPL, MIT, and Apache licences, and what businesses must do to manage open source compliance effectively.

Enterprise customers who depend on a vendor’s software for critical operations face significant continuity risk if the vendor fails or discontinues the product. Software escrow agreements mitigate this risk, but only if structured correctly. This post examines how escrow works, where it falls short, and what alternatives are emerging for SaaS environments.

European IP law was designed for human creators. The proliferation of AI-generated text, images, code, and inventions has exposed foundational assumptions that the legal system has not yet resolved. This post maps the current state of uncertainty and what it means for businesses deploying generative AI.

NIS2 significantly expands the scope and enforcement intensity of EU cybersecurity regulation. This post examines who is in scope, what measures are required, and what the new personal liability provisions mean for management.

The EU AI Act introduces a tiered risk classification framework with significant compliance obligations for AI system providers, deployers, and distributors. This post unpacks what SaaS companies, developers, and their investors need to understand before the key compliance deadlines arrive.