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Read more: New website for the Surrey Law and Technology HubProfessor Ryan Abbott comments on a first-of-its-kind Indian Copyright Office ruling that a work produced by algorithmic processes can still meet the originality test.
Read more: Commentary: Indian Copyright Office makes landmark decision on AI-generated worksRyan Abbott argues that copyright for works made with AI is about creating incentives for creativity, not protecting machines.
Read more: Commentary: If AI does 99% of the work, should its human creator receive 100% of the copyright?New Surrey research argues the UK's digital trade border is fragmented and needs one body in charge of joining up legislation, platforms and processes.
Read more: The UK has a window to create a digital silk road for trade, but border fragmentation stands in the waySurrey Law School announced the Smart Legal Opinions symposium at Level39, Canary Wharf, on 19 November 2025.
Read more: Smart Legal Opinions: Reimagining Legal Advice for a Digital WorldSurrey researchers built a speech recognition system for UK Supreme Court hearings and a tool linking judgment paragraphs to the moment in the video where the argument was made.
Read more: Justice is being lost in translation: Surrey researchers build AI to transcribe UK Supreme Court hearingsRyan Abbott responds to ChatGPT's image generator upgrade by urging the UK to keep protecting AI-generated works.
Read more: UK must protect AI-generated works to safeguard creative industries, expert warnsGermany's Federal Court of Justice has held that AI-generated inventions can be patented, in a case from the Artificial Inventor Project led by Ryan Abbott.
Read more: German court allows patents for AI-generated inventionsShadow Minister for AI and IP Matt Rodda MP visited Surrey and discussed AI regulation with academics including Ryan Abbott and Mikolaj Firlej.
Read more: Shadow AI Minister visits the Institute for People-Centred AIMikolaj Barczentewicz is interviewed on how new UK and EU digital regulation shapes cyber security, and invites cyber security researchers to get involved with the Hub.
Read more: Cyber Awareness Month: The Law and the Internet