AI Vendor Contracts: Trace Data, IP and Open-Source Dependencies
Map what enters an AI service, what the vendor may retain or reuse, what leaves it, and which software and licence dependencies remain hidden.
Cross-market
Pillar 03
Data, Technology & Intangibles
Accounts, data, code, licences and other invisible assets that the business assumes it can keep using.
Which critical permission or intangible right could fail under stress?
AccessDataLicensingVendor lock-in
Guides and case lessons
Read the system from more than one angle.
The founder exit that carried the operating memory out
A 2026 Delaware decision shows how a founder's post-sale role, customer influence and mass data removal can converge into an IP crisis.
United States — Delaware
The rejected contract that did not erase a trademark licence
A US Supreme Court decision separates breach from rescission when a bankrupt licensor rejects an ongoing contract.
United States
European Accessibility Act: What E-Commerce SMEs Should Check Now
A scoped guide to the European Accessibility Act for consumer e-commerce, including the service microenterprise exemption and national-law limits.
European Union and Member State implementing laws
EU AI Act in 2026: Which Deadlines Moved—and Which Duties Did Not?
A dated owner’s map of the EU AI Act after the 2026 AI Omnibus, separating live transparency and GPAI rules from delayed high-risk duties.
European Union
EU Cyber Resilience Act: The 2026 Reporting Clock and 2027 Readiness
A practical CRA preparation map for digital-product businesses, separating September 2026 reporting from the December 2027 main obligations.
European Union
EU Data Act: Connected-Product Data and Cloud Switching in 2026
What business owners should verify under the EU Data Act now, before the connected-product design and cloud switching milestones arrive.
European Union
US Privacy and Cyber in 2026: Build a Trigger Map, Not One Checklist
A business-owner map of selected U.S. federal and state privacy and cyber triggers, including California’s 2026 rules and DROP duties.
United States — selected federal, California and Texas authorities