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  • Top 5 tips for protecting trade secrets

    Inbrief

    08 December 2017

    With the new EU Trade Secrets Directive coming into force in June 2018, we have compiled a list of the top 5 tips for protecting trade secrets.

  • Patent Claims to dosage regimes fail to stand up to scrutiny

    06 November 2017

    In Actavis Group PTC EHF & Anor v Teva UK Ltd & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1671 the Court of Appeal has found that various dosage regime claims were obvious and invalid, reversing the decision of the of the trial judge.

  • Adam Glass comments for The Global Legal Post: 'Bell Pottinger goes into administration'

    Press

    13 September 2017

    Adam Glass, Litigation Partner, who advised the PRCA in relation to the Bell Pottinger investigation, has commented in an article for The Global Legal Post which reports on the recent announcement that PR firm Bell Pottinger has gone into administration.

  • Competition watchdog’s open letter to the creative industries

    12 September 2017

    The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has published an open letter to the creative industries on competition law. The letter reminds businesses that certain conduct that undermines competition in those industries is illegal.

  • Ali Vaziri writes for Cycling Industry News: 'Helmet cameras and the law, where do cyclists stand?'

    15 August 2017

    Ali Vaziri has written an article for Cycling Industry News which discusses privacy and data protection considerations when using wearable cameras and sharing footage.

  • "No veneer in 'ere": separating the wood from the MDF

    07 August 2017

    In what is a highly unusual volte-face, an advertiser has succeeded in turning the tables on the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

  • Ali Vaziri writes for SuperyachtNews: Protecting Privacy at Sea

    Press

    25 July 2017

    Ali Vaziri, senior associate in Data & Privacy and Dispute Resolution, has written a piece for SuperyachtNews advising owners on how best to achieve ultimate privacy on board their vessels.

  • Squeezed out of validity and into the jurisdiction

    13 July 2017

    UCB licensed Chugai rights to its tocilizumab patents. The licence contained an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of the English courts. Only one US patent remained in force. Chugai wanted a declaration that its tocilizumab products (sold only in the US) fell outside of the scope of the last patent and accordingly no royalty payments were due under the licence.

  • Sandoz & Hexal v Searle & Janssen Sciences Ireland: What is the formula for patent extensions?

    13 July 2017

    The UK High Court has held that a pharmaceutical product claimed only within a Markush formula and not expressly referred to in the patent was protected by the patent for the purposes of obtaining a Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC).

  • UPC – UK moves forward whilst Germany stalls

    13 July 2017

    The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is intended to provide a regional forum resolve patent disputes. UPC decisions will have effect in all 25 states participating in the UPC, providing a single forum to resolve disputes.

  • The Gambling Commission serve some stark warnings to operators

    10 July 2017

    The Gambling Commission has slapped its first advertising-related fine against an online gambling operator for advertising that was deemed to fall foul of social responsibility rules and come to a settlement with another operator.

  • The ICO cracking down on the use of personal data to promote online gambling

    10 July 2017

    The ICO has learned that there has been a "large numbers of spam texts linked to the gambling sector", and is therefore clamping down on how companies/affiliates use personal data to promote online gambling.

  • The CMA’s fight with online gambling companies

    10 July 2017

    The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is upping the ante against online gambling companies by increasing its enforcement action against those suspected of breaching consumer law. The CMA believes that often customers are not getting the deal they expected when signing up, due to misleading promotions and unfair terms within the promotion.

  • A milestone for R&D agreements?

    06 July 2017

    R&D agreements can often cover commercially significant and highly technical subject areas. In Astex Therapeutics Limited v AstraZeneca AB [2017] EWHC 1442 (Ch) the court has had to decide on the interpretation of an R&D agreement and whether certain “collaboration compounds” were within the scope of the agreement, triggering milestone payments or not.

  • Size doesn’t matter (so says the ICO about recipients of big fines for data breaches)

    03 July 2017

    If you thought that you’re too small a business to have to bother about data protection, then think again.

  • Servicing trade mark infringement

    22 June 2017

    The use of a third party trade mark to provide information or describe a service being offered does not necessarily constitute trade mark infringement. Where the use of a trademark goes beyond that and creates an impression in the average consumer that the particular serviced is authorised by the trade mark owner, this will constitute an infringement.

  • Validly serving a Statutory Demand is a prerequisite for presenting a Bankruptcy Petition

    22 June 2017

    The court has stressed the importance of validly serving a Statutory Demand before presenting a Bankruptcy Petition. The creditor must do all that is reasonably required to bring the service of the Statutory Demand to the attention of the debtor. Without effectively serving a Statutory Demand on the debtor, presenting a valid Bankruptcy Petition is impossible.

  • Service of a claim form on an agent - was it valid?

    22 June 2017

    In a recent case the High Court considered as a preliminary issue whether a claimant had validly served a claim form on what they considered was the agent of the claimant. The rules of service require that the defendant must be served at the place within the jurisdiction where it conducts business, or where it carries on its activities and which has a real connection with the claim. Therefore the question here was whether the agent’s office was a place at which the defendant conducted its business, or where it carried on its activities?

  • Putting a squeeze on patent licences

    20 June 2017

    The recent case of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v UCB Pharma SA & Celltech R&D Ltd [2017] EWHC 216 (Pat)

  • Competition watchdog turns the spotlight on to eCommerce

    15 June 2017

    We have written an article for Essential Retail which takes a look at the European Commission’s report on competition in eCommerce.

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