10/7/2025 4:13:47 PM From lab to luxe: the rise of biotech in luxury beauty products By Laura Harwood Camille Beckmann In August, luxury haircare company Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (Olaplex) acquired US biotechnology company Purvala Bioscience, Inc. (Purvala)1...
10/7/2025 3:27:35 PM Stop Press: Court of Appeal Clarifies Confidentiality in FRAND Judgments – InterDigital & Others, Optis v Apple By Matthew Raynor Sophie Lawrance Richard Pinckney The UK Court of Appeal has today handed down a significant judgment ([2025] EWCA Civ 1263) clarifying the treatment of confidential...
10/6/2025 9:53:32 AM Irides: Weekly patent litigation update By James Boon Adrian Chew Naoise Gaffney Cassie Blackburn Nischay Mall +2 more... Show less This edition features updates from: Germany, Denmark, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The Irides...
10/3/2025 2:08:33 PM Injunction Dysfunction – is the current UK system for obtaining interim relief in patent cases fit for purpose? By Brian Cordery This article was first published in Kluwer Patent Blog [October, 2025]. Preliminary injunctions (PIs) matter in life sciences patent...
10/2/2025 12:35:06 PM UK company registers shake-up By Samuel Munday Ben Lammin From 18 November 2025, companies incorporated in the UK will no longer need to maintain their own registers of directors, directors'...
10/1/2025 9:40:48 AM Luxury makes moves “behind the scenes” at the movies – why luxury wants to finance full length features By Katy Gibson Naina Patel History and current climate With advertising strategies that often involve a cinematic story arc, luxury brands are no stranger to large...
9/30/2025 10:40:58 AM Courts give WhatsApp contracts the blue ticks By Anna Hall Last year we saw in Southeastern Maritime Ltd v Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd [2024] EWHC 255 that WhatsApp messages could be used...
9/29/2025 9:14:36 AM Irides: Weekly patent litigation update By Dominic Adair Andrew Bowler Alex Mocanu Kate O'Sullivan Florence Plisner Jonathan Ross +3 more... Show less This edition features updates from: The European Patent Office (EPO), Ireland, the Netherlands and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The...
9/26/2025 1:28:40 PM Podcast: AI governance – top tips from a technology executive By Vik Khurana Simon McDougall In this episode, Vik Khurana and Simon McDougall (Bristows Senior Adviser and Chief Strategist for AI at ZoomInfo) discuss the emerging...
9/26/2025 9:30:20 AM Is the UK on course to become an AI 'superpower'? Tracing investment flows in 2025 By Ben Lammin Mohammad Aljamal The UK’s AI sector is experiencing a surge in funding that shows no sign of slowing, with the likes of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang heralding...
9/24/2025 10:03:30 AM Haute Hospitality: The trend of luxury brand collaborations within the hospitality industry By Laura Harwood Sophie French We are seeing a strategic shift in luxury brand marketing. With luxury consumers increasingly prioritising travel and dining (and...
9/23/2025 11:12:53 AM Chancery Guide update September 2025: Key changes By Wes Walker Hafsa Babar On 5 September 2025, an updated version of the Chancery Guide was published. Key areas of change include, costs management, junior...