BITS & BYTES
BITS & BYTES is a monthly bulletin presented by TRAIL and its partners - Allen & Gledhill, Drew & Napier, Rajah & Tann, and WongPartnership – that showcases thought leadership in law and technology. It will cover how technology is used in or impacts different areas of law such as commercial law, intellectual property, banking and finance, tort law, privacy and data protection, and cybersecurity. The bulletin will feature commentaries on a particular area of law, technological development or legal policy, case notes and practice notes.
Articles From This Month's Issue
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & ROBOTS
By Dr Stanley Lai, SC, David Lim, Linda Shi, and Justin Tay (Allen & Gledhill LLP)
This is the first part of a two-part article on artificial intelligence evaluation regimes in Singapore and worldwide. This part reviews the fast-growing Singapore regime, as seen from recent guidelines that were issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission and also a broad ranging consultation that was conducted on generative AI governance. The second part will review AI evaluation regimes in other jurisdictions and international organisations, setting out their similarities and differences in comparison and contrast to the Singapore regime.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
By Professor David Tan (NUS Law)
The metaverse conjures up infinite possibilities of a space without limits where our physical selves move seamlessly into virtual worlds as digital avatars in altered realities to play, work, learn, create, shop, socialise and trade. But the current reality is quite a different one. This article explores some of the issues regarding the use of trade marks in the metaverse.