20 Dec, 2024 Will the CJEU referral in BSH/Electrolux (C‑339/22) clean up the jurisdiction to hear infringement actions for foreign patents? By Chloe Dickson The BSH/Electrolux case (C‑339/22) concerns issues of jurisdiction where a patentee alleges infringement of foreign designations of a...
19 Dec, 2024 Déjà VPAG – 2025 repayment percentage announced By Hugo Kent-Egan Anna Hall On 16 December, the DHSC announced that the 2025 headline VPAG repayment percentage for sales of “newer medicines” will be 22.9%. This...
17 Dec, 2024 Competition in digital markets: comparing the approach across Europe By Francion Brooks Kim Weisser The new digital markets competition regime in the UK, which applies to firms with ‘strategic market status’, will come into force on 1...
16 Dec, 2024 Time’s up: the first Online Safety Act requirements come into force By Subha Kumar Faye Harrison On 16 December 2024, Ofcom published its first codes of practice and guidance under the Online Safety Act (OSA), relating to illegal...
12 Dec, 2024 SynbiTECH 2024: Engineering biology’s promise for the future By Ellen Lambrix In London last week, over 400 attendees and speakers gathered together for the fifth annual SynbiTECH conference in London. The event...
04 Dec, 2024 VETSURE v PETSURE – Second Cat-tempt By Hafsa Babar Kyrana Hulstein Hafsa Babar and Kyrana Hulstein, ‘VETSURE v PETSURE – Second Cat-tempt: TVIS Limited v Howserv Services Limited & Others [2024] EWCA Civ...
28 Nov, 2024 DMCC digital markets competition regime comes into force on 1 Jan 2025 By Francion Brooks The DMCC Act introduces the most significant changes to competition law for over 20 years including a new digital markets competition...
27 Nov, 2024 The UK Assisted Dying Bill and its implications for pharmaceutical companies By Jamie Hatzel The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, introduced as a private members’ bill by Kim Leadbeater MP on 11 November 2024 (Leadbeater...
26 Nov, 2024 SkyKick: What should trade mark owners do now? By Sean Ibbetson You can tell a trade mark dispute is more significant than average when it reaches the Supreme Court (after more than eight years of...
26 Nov, 2024 Providing for uncertainty introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022 in conditional sale contracts By Hedley Tipton Georgia Austin The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget announced the government’s commitment to build 1.5 million homes over the course of this Parliament. To...
26 Nov, 2024 Is your use of pricing algorithms putting you at risk of competition investigation? By Francion Brooks The CMA recently posted a blog warning about the risks of pricing algorithms. Whilst the CMA acknowledges that the widespread use of such...
25 Nov, 2024 UK MDR consultation – proposals for International Reliance on medical device approvals By Jamie Hatzel The consultation on the future of the UK’s Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (UK MDR), initiated by the MHRA on 14 November 2024,...