Jul 30, 2021 Bristows FRAND Tracker Update (Optis v Apple) By Bristows A recent judgment of Mr Justice Marcus Smith has been added to the tracker. It addresses an interesting point, namely an application by...
Jul 30, 2021 Disclosure rules in Business and Property Courts to be changed By Ben Coleman The Disclosure Working Group has proposed further changes to the Disclosure Pilot operating in the Business and Property Courts of...
Jul 28, 2021 The anonymisaton quandary By Bristows Anonymisation is an issue that comes up time and time again for our clients, in both the life sciences and tech sectors, and in...
Jul 23, 2021 Does an Apple a day keep the NPE away? By Bristows It seems that it was some time ago that Optis sued Apple seeking royalties worth approximately $7 billion. The patent trials have been...
Jul 23, 2021 Government leaders lack experience to lead digital transformation, says NAO By Vik Khurana The National Audit Office report on the challenges in implementing digital change in the public sector makes for interesting reading. In...
Jul 22, 2021 COVID-19 and animal vaccines By Claire Smith Now sixteen months on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government is looking to the future and putting measures in place to...
Jul 22, 2021 COVID-19 Court Guidance Updated By Wes Walker With the move to step 4 of the government's COVID-19 roadmap on 19 July 2021, HMCTS has updated its pandemic guidance, available here. In...
Jul 20, 2021 Government launches consultation on wide-ranging competition policy and consumer protection reforms By Matthew Hunt The Reforming Competition and Consumer Policy paper issued today proposes reforms across 3 key areas: competition policy, consumer...
Jul 20, 2021 Liquidated damages - Orthodoxy reaffirmed! By Wes Walker On Friday (16 July 2021), the Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated judgment in Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public...
Jul 19, 2021 New Government Guidance for employers By Emily Atkinson From 19 July, the Government is lifting nearly all remaining Covid restrictions, but what does this mean for employers? New Guidance...
Jul 15, 2021 Is your limitation of liability clause in the right place? By Anna Cook In a recent decision Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation v Recipharm Limited, the Commercial Court examined an exclusion of liability...
Jul 14, 2021 EU opts for a top-down approach to standard essential patents By Sophie Lawrance The EU shook the SEP world earlier this week by announcing a plan to introduce legislation (and/or some unidentified 'non-legislative...