Mar 30, 2021 Stranded ships, Brexit and Covid-19 - contractual considerations when dealing with delay By Anna Cook The aerial shots of the Ever Given were a perfect illustration of how international trade can be disrupted by a single event. However,...
Mar 29, 2021 Will a new EU Commission 'comfort letter' help address vaccine shortages? By Matthew Hunt In May 2020 we noted that the European Commission had resurrected the 'comfort letter' mechanism to help battle the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Mar 26, 2021 Reliance on doctrine of equivalents must be pleaded By Bristows At a recent pre-trial review in the Facebook v Voxer litigation, Birss LJ considered whether it was necessary expressly to plead reliance...
Mar 25, 2021 Meghan Markle's Mail on Sunday admission on hold By Bristows After her High Court victory against Associated Newspapers' Ltd (ANL) earlier this month, the Duchess of Sussex was forced on Monday this...
Mar 25, 2021 Government publishes response to consultation on AI and IP By Bristows The UK IPO conducted a consultation at the end of last year, following which the Government has announced its response (at a recent UK AI...
Mar 25, 2021 Jurisdiction in UK/EU disputes – where are we now? By Ben Coleman As 2020 drew to a close, so too did the application in the UK of the Brussels Recast Regulation and Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and...
Mar 23, 2021 Huawei announces 5G licensing strategy including low per unit royalty cap By Matthew Hunt The press release accompanying Huawei's March 2021 white paper on innovation and intellectual property reveals that Huawei will implement...
Mar 23, 2021 Switching to new IT suppliers - the legal angle By Rob Powell I spoke with Chris Holder about this recently published article on IT PRO, and our view is that it is now common practice for IT service...
Mar 19, 2021 Full Fact launches consultation about a shared model to fight online misinformation By Anna Cook Full Fact has launched a consultation to inform its thinking about a framework to fight online misinformation. The pandemic is just the...
Mar 18, 2021 The future of data protection regulation in the UK post-Brexit: divergence from the EU could spell trouble By Bristows In its recent report on "UK Regulation after Brexit", the academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe has warned that divergence from EU...
Mar 18, 2021 Arbitration clauses: drafting tips By Anna Cook Following Brexit, there is increasing interest in English arbitration. One of the key benefits of arbitration is that an arbitral award...
Mar 17, 2021 Managing IP interviews Mr Justice Mellor By Bristows After a few years of upheaval in the Patents Court, it is good to see the continued expansion of the Patents bench, and @ManagingIP have...