8/20/2025 10:34:20 AM Legal risks under the new Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 By Sarah Hill Helin Kaya In June 2025, Bristows’ Data Protection, Privacy & Cyber team posted about the imminent passing of the Data (Use and Access) Bill into...
8/15/2025 3:32:17 PM MHRA announces Early Access Service for Innovative Medical Devices By Hugo Kent-Egan Alex Denoon In another welcome development, the MHRA has published an interesting Statement of Policy Intent for Early Access Service to Innovative...
8/12/2025 9:29:54 AM Court of Appeal clarifies the Court’s jurisdiction to make directions relating to the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Road Traffic Accidents Claims By Naomi Foale Introduction The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the Court has jurisdiction to make directions in a claim within the Pre-Action...
8/4/2025 1:40:59 PM Recognition of CE-marked medical devices in the UK By Hugo Kent-Egan Alex Denoon On 22 July 2025, the UK Government signalled that it is likely to pivot back to indefinite recognition of CE Marking of devices. In a...
8/1/2025 11:16:44 AM CMA begins to take action on Fake Reviews By Rob Powell New rules which aim to crack down on the problem of fake or misleading reviews online came into force back in April 2025, as part of the...
7/30/2025 3:01:07 PM It’s time to act on the new R&D regime By Julia Cockroft Tabitha Reed Although the UK’s new R&D tax relief regime came into force on 1 April 2024, many companies have only now completed their first...
7/25/2025 9:19:27 AM Court of Appeal upholds Astellas' enzalutamide patent By Claire Phipps-Jones On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal handed down a decision upholding Astellas’ enzalutamide patent. Appeals on the question of obviousness...
7/25/2025 8:54:32 AM Licensing Executives Society Britain & Ireland 2025 Annual Conference: Licensing as a solution in an age of uncertainty By Ellen Lambrix Luca Cericola Earlier this month, Ellen Lambrix and Luca Cericola from Bristows’ Commercial & IP Transactions team attended the Licensing Executives...
7/21/2025 3:58:15 PM Stop Killing Games: EU and UK petitions reach signatory milestones By Luca Cericola Rob Powell The Stop Killing Games (SKG) EU petition has surpassed the requisite signatory threshold for it to be considered by the European...
7/10/2025 11:18:34 AM Drafting a copyright policy for the EU AI Act? See the new EU AI Act Code of Practice By Toby Headdon The final version of the EU AI Act Code of Practice for General Purpose AI Models has been released. There are three chapters, namely (1)...
7/2/2025 1:34:10 PM Ofcom issues consultation on “Additional Safety Measures” By Ben Steele Faye Harrison On 30 June 2025, Ofcom announced a consultation on “Additional Safety Measures" as part of its ongoing implementation of the Online...
6/30/2025 12:18:30 PM The UKIPO provides guidance to trade mark applicants following the SkyKick decision By Stephanie Taylor The UKIPO has updated PAN 1/25 to provide guidance to applicants following the judgment in the SkyKick v Sky decision which was issued by...