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Lexis®+ TMT is an online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers dealing with technology, media and telecommunications matters.
New technologies
Guidance for key emerging technologies, such as AI, NFTs, the Metaverse and autonomous vehicles, explaining both how the technologies work and the key legal regimes (existing and new) that apply to their operation.
Information technology
Core content for all TMT lawyers, this topic contains key 'go-to' precedents and practice notes at the route of most TMT related issues. Some of most popular areas are the software and cloud computing topics.
Outsourcing
Our content covers simple outsourcing transactions as well as those with a more complex structure, and the impact of hyperscalers and recognised market practice relating to the negotiation and drafting of affected terms.
Expertise
Whether you're advising on adtech, cookies or NFTs, Lexis+® TMT has the know-how and tools to help you succeed.
Latest TMT News
A 40% business rates relief for film studios in England is being rolled out from 17 February 2025....
Law360: On 13 February 2025, Conde Nast, Politico LLC and other publishers and news organisations hit AI company Cohere Inc with a copyright...
IP analysis: This judgment considers CPR Part 19 representative actions in the context of copyright infringement claims, particularly those that...
Law360: A Delaware Federal Court's rejection of a company's fair use defence for using material protected by copyright to train an artificial...
Commercial law analysis: Jules Toynton, senior associate and Isla Neil, data, privacy and cybersecurity lawyer of DLA Piper consider the Information...
Latest TMT Practice Notes
Valuing IPIntroductionValuation is required at many points in the lifecycle of an IP asset, and for many different purposes, including:•sale and...
Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
Adtech and programmatic advertising—legal issuesFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 24 May 2024, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill received Royal...
Intellectual property rights considerations for websitesThis Practice Note explains the intellectual property rights (IPRs) that may exist in a...
Website design and developmentThis Practice Note looks at the main legal and commercial issues when engaging a third party to design and build a new...
Latest TMT Precedents
Alternative wording for cookies notice1Wording for website terms and conditions—Cookies and other information-gathering technologies1.1We use...
Solo artist management agreementThis Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name of Manager] a company incorporated in [England and Wales]...
Declaration of a director’s interests in an existing transaction or arrangement—general noticeThe Directors[Insert name of company][(Company)][Insert...
Film actor agreementThis Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[Insert name of company], a company registered in England and Wales whose...
Prize promotion terms and conditions—long form1The promotion[Insert simple details of the nature of the prize promotion].2How to enter2.1You can enter...
Latest TMT Q&As
Featured TMT content
What are perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free licences?
Malicious falsehood
Malicious falsehoodThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no...
Defamation
DefamationThe tort of defamation is governed by a mixture of statute and common law. The relevant statutory law is contained in:•the Defamation Act...
Defamation and social media
Defamation and social mediaThe internet and, in particular, social media is a high risk area for defamation litigation. Content posted on blogs,...
Deepfakes
DeepfakesThis Practice Note considers the following legal issues, technical information and applications of deepfakes:•What is a deepfake?•How...
Copyright in films and television programmes
Copyright in films and television programmesFor the purposes of copyright law the term 'film' means a recording, on any medium, from which a moving...
Key issues in software licence agreements
Key issues in software licence agreementsSoftware can be broadly defined as a computer program comprising a series of instructions which, in...
Defamation—defences
Defamation—defencesDefencesThere are a number of substantive defences to a defamation claim, the majority of which are now, since the Defamation Act...
Do you have definitions of ‘Best Industry Practice’ and ‘Good Industry Practice'?
Defamation—limitation
Defamation—limitationThe ordinary time limit for defamation and malicious falsehood claimsA claimant must commence a claim for defamation within one...
Advertising law and regulation
Advertising law and regulationThis Practice Note introduces the laws and regulations governing advertising in general and covers:...
What do the words ‘defend, indemnify and hold harmless’ mean?
Prize promotions
Prize promotionsThis Practice Note examines the law and regulation that applies to operating prize promotions, including prize competitions and free...
Software escrow
Software escrowIntroductionEscrow is the process of two or more parties placing property or instruments in the hands of a trusted third party (an...
Does the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 apply to business-to-business contracts and to what extent might it restrict a contract term permitting variation of terms and conditions on notice?
Using framework agreements for services
Using framework agreements for servicesFramework agreements (sometimes referred to as master services agreements) are essentially umbrella agreements...
Copying software and copyright
Copying software and copyrightThis Practice Note examines legal and practical issues relating to the copying of software. It sets out software...
The commercialisation of sport
The commercialisation of sportSport has become a big business. It is now widely recognised not only as a pastime or recreation but as an industry in...
Associated legal terms
Artificial intelligence
Technology with the ability to perform tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence and which, usually, have the capacity to learn or adapt to new experiences or stimuli, including machine learning, speech and natural language processing, robotics and autonomous systems.
Publishing Agreement
An agreement in which a publisher is granted rights to print and/or publish a proprietor’s work in printed format and potentially also in certain subsidiary rights such as audio and electronic formats.
Virtualisation
The abstraction of physical computing resources (such as memory, storage and processing) from the servers and applications that users interact with. Virtualisation can be applied to many computing technologies including servers, storage, networking and applications but in each case the virtualised technology acts like its real physical equivalent.
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