17 April 2020
Bird & Bird advises AI-powered health analytics start-up Biofourmis in Hong Kong to monitor and understand effects of COVID-19
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/bird-and-bird-advises-ai-powered-health-analytics-start-up-biofourmis-in-hong-kong-to-monitor

International law firm Bird & Bird has advised health analytics start-up Biofourmis with the deployment of its AI-driven remote monitoring platform to observe patients in Hong Kong who are diagnosed with or suspected to ...

24 September 2020
Bird & Bird ATMD ranked in a total of nine practice areas and industry sectors in asialaw Profiles and asialaw Leading Lawyers 2021
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/singapore/bird-and-bird-atmd-ranked-in-a-total-of-nine-practice-areas-and-industry-sectors-in-asialaw-profiles

We are delighted to share that Bird & Bird ATMD has been ranked in a total of nine practice areas and industry sectors in the asialaw Profiles 2021 edition, which ranks the leading regional and domestic law firms and ...

26 February 2020
Bird & Bird grows its Tech & Comms sector group with the appointment of Jeremy Tan as partner in Singapore and Gigi Cheah as senior consultant for the Asia Pacific region
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/singapore/bird-and-bird-grows-its-tech-and-comms-sector-group

International law firm Bird & Bird grows its Tech & Comms sector group with the appointment of technology lawyer Jeremy Tan as a partner in Singapore and Gigi Cheah as a senior consultant for the Asia Pacific region.

05 December 2019
Australia remains closed for business on computer implemented business method patents
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/australia/australia-remains-closed-for-business-on-computer-implemented-business-method-patents

Despite convening a special 5 judge bench for a recent appeal heard by the Full Federal Court, that Court's decision in Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd v InfoTrack Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 161 (Encompass) provides no promise ...

07 April 2017
Legal and regulatory changes needed to support Singapore's Smart Nation push
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/singapore/legal-and-regulatory-changes-needed-to-support-singapores-smart-nation-push

14 September 2020
ACCC partners with international counterparts to coordinate on cross-border investigations
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/accc-partners-with-international-counterparts-to-coordinate-on-cross-border-investigations

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently entered into a new memorandum of understanding with its counterpart competition agencies from five other countries in order to share intelligence and ...

22 May 2020
Federal Court confirms that schemes are not patentable merely because they are "new and ingenious" and are implemented using a computer
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/full-federal-court-confirms-that-schemes-are-not-patentable-merely-because-they-are-new

The Federal Court of Australia has found a patent directed at a digital marketing scheme no more than a list of steps to be implemented by a computer using its well-known functions, and is not a patentable invention: ...

17 November 2020
ACCC confirms plans to address Australia's merger laws in 2021
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/australia/accc-confirms-plans-to-address-australias-merger-laws-in-2021

In a recent speech provided to the Law Council of Australia Business Law Section’s Competition and Consumer Workshop, the Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Rod Sims, confirmed that ...

06 July 2020
China's long awaited draft Data Security Law released - What does it cover (and not cover)?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/china/chinas-long-awaited-draft-data-security-law-released-what-does-it-cover-and-not-cover

At the 20th meeting of the 13th National People's Standing Committee held from 28th to 30th June 2020, the long-expected draft of the PRC Data Security Law ("Draft Data Security Law") received its first round of review ...

16 December 2020
Technology Transactions in China – Doing Deals in a Complex Legal Environment
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/china/technology-transactions-in-china-doing-deals-in-a-complex-legal-environment

China’s regulation of technology transfer has been one of the central points of tension during the US-China trade negotiations, and has now mushroomed into a geopolitical issue. We take a look at the background to it ...