7/30/2021 3:20:06 PM 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...
7/30/2021 8:44:53 AM 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...
7/28/2021 12:40:14 PM 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...
7/23/2021 10:45:26 AM 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...
7/23/2021 8:52:58 AM 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...
7/22/2021 12:56:29 PM 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...
7/22/2021 11:10:09 AM 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...
7/20/2021 4:59:45 PM 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...
7/20/2021 11:29:35 AM 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...
7/19/2021 10:14:12 AM 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...
7/15/2021 7:56:11 AM 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...
7/14/2021 4:37:51 PM 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...