2/12/2025 10:31:20 AM Trade mark dispute over use of baseball Future Stars By Simon Clark Sony Interactive goes to trial this month in the US in a trade mark dispute over their baseball video game MLB: The Show, which has been...
2/6/2025 3:53:48 PM Castles (Not) Made Of Sand By Simon Clark Noel Redding Estate Ltd and another v Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 66 This morning (Thursday, 6 February), the Court...
2/5/2025 2:23:16 PM Technology Transfer block exemption review - what do tech and life sciences companies need to know? By Sophie Lawrance The Commission is taking its regular look at the competition rules and guidance applicable to technology licensing agreements, in advance...
1/20/2025 5:27:01 PM Rapid Reaction - Thatchers v Aldi - Aldi loses on appeal as Court of Appeal overturns IPEC decision in lookalike cider case By Marc Linsner In a significant decision that will be warmly welcomed by brand owners in their continued fight against lookalike products, the Court of...
1/20/2025 8:48:03 AM Big changes for little surfers: OSA age assurance guidance published and child safety obligations commence entry into force By Anna Ní Uiginn Faye Harrison On 16 January 2025, Ofcom published its statement on highly effective age assurance and children's access assessments under the Online...
1/16/2025 2:17:39 PM “Cold Palmer”: is the conversation about image rights about to heat up? By Sebastian Stewart In June 2023, I wrote about the lack of clear legal protection for individual image rights in the UK, highlighting the resulting...
1/13/2025 6:06:59 PM The Government's blueprint to turbocharge AI over the next decade By Sebastian Stewart The UK Government unveiled today (see press release here) an ambitious AI Opportunities Action Plan to drive economic growth and improve...
12/19/2024 12:27:37 PM 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...
12/18/2024 2:07:15 PM EDPB Opinion published: Data protection and AI models By Jamie Drucker The EDPB has today (18 December) issued its long awaited Opinion on data protection aspects related to the development and deployment of...
12/12/2024 2:45:00 PM Reflections on Australia's social media ban for under-16s By Anna Ní Uiginn Only a few short weeks ago, our jaws collectively hit the floor when we read that the Australian government announced a social media ban...
11/26/2024 1:31:59 PM Reflections from the IAPP Data Protection Congress By Anna Ní Uiginn Last week, I - along with my colleagues from our data protection, privacy, and cyber team - attended the IAPP Data Protection Congress in...
11/14/2024 10:01:15 AM The scope of the jurisdiction of the UPC By Richard Pinckney In Aim Sport v Supponor the UPC Court of Appeal handed down a decision focused on the transitional provisions and the scope of the...