29 Sep, 2021 Landlord's attempt to overturn Caffè Nero CVA fails... By Bristows The High Court has today given judgment in the insolvency case of Young v Nero Holdings Ltd [2021] EWHC 2600 (Ch), determining that the...
28 Sep, 2021 Has the SPAC boom had its time? By Samuel Munday The Q1 2021 boom in SPAC IPOs in the US (during which $100bn worth of blank cheque companies were listed) appears to be on the decline as...
27 Sep, 2021 Can an AI system be an inventor for a patent in the UK – is it no, or just not yet? By Claire Smith DABUS – UK Court of Appeal Decision On 21 September 2021, the UK Court of Appeal dismissed Dr Stephen Thaler’s appeal against the UK...
24 Sep, 2021 What does over $10 billion in annual spending on content get you? By Bristows ...44 Emmy wins if you're Netflix, but not a single trophy if you're Amazon Prime Video! Although Netflix may have comfortably...
24 Sep, 2021 UK launches National AI Strategy By Vik Khurana The ten-year plan sets out to build on the UK's strong position in AI and is based around three core pillars: 1. Investing in the...
24 Sep, 2021 Epic Games v Apple: what's the verdict? By Matthew Hunt In August 2020 Epic Games took on Apple in an all guns blazing attempt to open up app distribution and in-app payment on the App Store....
24 Sep, 2021 Twitch strikes deal with the US music industry, but not yet to the benefit of its streamers By Charlie Purdie The National Music Publishers' Association this week announced that it had come to an agreement with Twitch "to work together to build...
22 Sep, 2021 Robots replace humans as labour shortages bite By Chris Holder A recent article in the Financial Times has highlighted the growing reliance that certain industrial sectors have on automated systems,...
22 Sep, 2021 AI inventions in the UK By Katie Cambrook The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents. The case related to two patent applications...
16 Sep, 2021 Fibrogen v Akebia - plausibly lacking undue burden By Claire Phipps-Jones One of the many highlights from the recent Court of Appeal decision in Fibrogen v Akebia is Birss LJ’s decision on insufficiency. Of...
16 Sep, 2021 PRC goes global (FRAND) By Bristows The inevitable decision from China following the UK Supreme Court's ruling in Unwired has now arrived. In Oppo v Sharp, the Supreme...
16 Sep, 2021 Highlights from Insulet v Roche: CGK, the doctrine of equivalents and patent litigation in the shorter trials scheme By Claire Phipps-Jones The recent case of Insulet v Roche demonstrates the breadth of patent case that can be heard using the shorter trials scheme. While the...