Feb 25, 2022 Manchester United ending Aeroflot relationship shows importance of reputation clauses in sponsorship agreements By Rob Powell In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Manchester United has taken the swift decision to end its relationship with the Russian...
Feb 25, 2022 VAT treatment of termination payments, including break fees By Rachel Arnison Julia Cockroft HMRC have (finally!) published their long awaited guidance on the VAT treatment of early termination fees (including break fees) and...
Feb 24, 2022 The value in data for charities – fundraising and beyond By Helen Rose For many charities, the obvious dataset with value is contact data for donors and potential donors. Having an accurate, up-to-date...
Feb 23, 2022 A decade of CAR-T cancer therapy: dare we say "cure"? By Ellen Lambrix It was 2010 when pioneering immunologist Carl June and colleagues at the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at...
Feb 22, 2022 It's ten years later and software really did eat the world By Vik Khurana In 2011, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, wrote an essay entitled 'Software Is Eating The World'....
Feb 18, 2022 No Algorithmic Impact Assessment? No NHS data! By Jamie Hatzel According to a press release from the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England will pilot a scheme requiring AI developers to...
Feb 18, 2022 EU goes to WTO over Chinese approach to SEP licensing By Luke Maunder Those in the FRAND space will be familiar with recent developments in Europe and the People's Republic of China concerning SEP and FRAND...
Feb 15, 2022 Solicitors must stand up to clients and not "behave like schoolchildren in the playground" By Wes Walker A colourful judgment last week in the intellectual property list is a sobering reminder that solicitors need to rise above "bad-tempered...
Feb 15, 2022 FRAND ahoy! The EU SEP consultation is here By Sophie Lawrance Hard on the heels of reviews of SEP policy in the US (now closed - see here); the UK (open until 1 March - see here) and Japan (revision...
Feb 10, 2022 Nike sues StockX in US over unauthorised NFTs By Marc Linsner After expanding into the NFT market through its recent acquisition of RTFKT, a digital art and collectible creative studio, Nike has now...
Feb 10, 2022 Village Roadshow sues Warner Bros. over ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ release on HBO Max By Bristows With the pandemic potentially nearing its end phase, cinemagoers appear to be returning to movie theatres in their droves, based on...
Feb 09, 2022 Regulatory revolution in MedTech makes data much more valuable By Alex Denoon The regulatory framework for medical devices and diagnostics in Europe and the UK is in the midst of revolutionary change. One of the...