3/14/2025 10:09:03 AM Will the UPC’s PMAC help fill the void left by the intended withdrawal of the SEP Regulation? By Matthew Hunt Last week I attended the Warsaw SEP Conference. One of the topics that caught my attention, amongst the raft of interesting discussions...
3/14/2025 10:02:34 AM Tesla v Interdigital: Tesla hits a speed bump as Court of Appeal dismisses its claim for a FRAND ‘pool’ licence By Sophie Lawrance Francion Brooks Amy Howlett On 6 March 2025, the UK Court of Appeal dismissed Tesla’s claim for the UK court to set the FRAND rate for a licence to the Avanci 5G...
3/12/2025 3:59:08 PM Spreadex-Sporting Index: CMA requests that its own merger assessment be quashed given material errors By Sze-Von Lam Francion Brooks In an unexpected turn, the CMA requested that the CAT quash the CMA’s own decision in the assessment of the Spreadex-Sporting Index...
3/12/2025 3:06:22 PM Over a year on from VPAG: is there a VAT-shaped hole in the Government’s calculations? By Tabitha Reed Hugo Kent-Egan Julia Cockroft Xisca Borrás +1 more... Show less HMRC has been granted permission to appeal the First-Tier Tribunal’s VAT decision in the case of Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd v HMRC. We...
3/12/2025 11:03:08 AM Short-term FRAND licences - useful or not? By Sophie Lawrance At the end of February, the Court of Appeal rendered a second judgment (Lenovo v Ericsson [2025] EWCA 182) holding that a licensor of...
3/12/2025 10:11:10 AM Podcast: Compliance considerations for consumer tech By Alice Esuola-Grant Jamie Cox On this episode of The Roadmap, Alice Esuola-Grant and Jamie Cox discuss legislative updates in consumer technology as a result of the...
3/11/2025 11:10:35 AM Use it or lose it - the fate of the UK cloned marks By Stephanie Taylor When it comes to Brexit and trade marks, the dust has largely settled. As many will be aware, following 31 December 2020 (or “IP...
3/10/2025 5:06:41 PM Sowing Discord in the IPO market By Samuel Munday James Johnston Discord, the gaming chat platform, is reportedly dipping its toe in the icy waters that are the public markets. Originally a platform for...
3/10/2025 11:06:25 AM Irides: Weekly patent litigation update By Myles Jelf Charlie French Nicholas Round Eden Winlow Katie Cambrook Maria Ryan +3 more... Show less The Irides Weekly Update is our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world. Taking its name from the plural of...
3/6/2025 12:51:53 PM Year of the NewCo? China’s emerging impact on global drug development By Sean Hess In 2024 biotech venture funding in Europe and the US saw a promising increase, reaching a total of $28.1 billion up from $21.2 billion...
3/5/2025 3:59:41 PM Training AI models and extraterritorial application of copyright rules By Toby Headdon The extraterritorial application of copyright law has become a hot topic in AI. The UK’s ongoing consultation on Copyright and AI has a...
3/4/2025 12:38:19 PM Podcast: The Online Safety Act – Where are we now? By Faye Harrison Jamie Drucker Faye Harrison and Jamie Drucker discuss the current status of the OSA, practical steps service providers should be taking now to get...