31 Aug, 2023 A Turing Test for Embryos? By Bristows Philip Ball writes on an important contribution to the discussion on the twilit zone between human embryo models and actual human...
30 Aug, 2023 Can your DPO also act as “Senior Responsible Individual” under the proposed UK Data Protection Bill? By Elisa Lindemann Have you been tracking the UK government’s new proposed Data Protection and Digital information (No 2) ('Bill')? If so, you will know...
25 Aug, 2023 Irides: Weekly patent litigation update By Dominic Adair Claire Phipps-Jones The Irides Weekly Update is our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world. Taking its name from the plural of...
23 Aug, 2023 A deep dive on new UK post-market surveillance rules By Jamie Hatzel The UK government recently released a draft copy of a statutory instrument which will introduce new post-market surveillance (PMS) rules...
21 Aug, 2023 Dark patterns – where privacy, consumer and competition laws meet By Matthew Hunt Alice Esuola-Grant Elisa Lindemann There are a lot of things to consider when designing online interfaces – not least compliance with data protection, consumer and...
18 Aug, 2023 Irides: Weekly patent litigation update By Dominic Adair Gregory Bacon Claire Phipps-Jones The Irides Weekly Update is our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world. Taking its name from the plural of...
18 Aug, 2023 Team NB adopts template tripartite agreement for legacy medical devices By Alex Denoon Vivien Zhu Team NB has finally published the long awaited template tripartite agreement for the transfer of surveillance activities of “legacy”...
17 Aug, 2023 Proposed review of the statutory scheme: a sign of things to come in VPAS? By Alex Denoon Vivien Zhu The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently announced a consultation for a review of the statutory scheme for branded...
17 Aug, 2023 New UK Approved Bodies appointed for medical devices By Alex Denoon Vivien Zhu The MHRA has appointed two new UK Approved Bodies for medical devices, namely the UK affiliates of EU Notified Bodies TÜV Rheinland and...
16 Aug, 2023 Royalty payments in patent licensing By Matthew Warren Sean Hess Sebastian Stewart Key points to take away from recent UK cases on patent licence agreements Cases concerning patent licences in the English courts are a...
11 Aug, 2023 Irides: Weekly patent litigation update By Dominic Adair Rachel Mumby Claire Phipps-Jones The Irides Weekly Update is our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world. Taking its name from the plural of...
10 Aug, 2023 Bristows’ SnippITs – Suppliers beware! By Katy Gibson Adrian Sim This post is part of the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions for the...