Jan 13, 2025 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...
Dec 19, 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...
Dec 18, 2024 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...
Dec 12, 2024 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...
Nov 26, 2024 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...
Nov 14, 2024 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...
Nov 13, 2024 SkyKick v Sky: guidance on what constitutes bad faith and how this may impact on trade mark filing strategies. By Stephanie Taylor The Supreme Court has today handed down the long awaited decision in the case of SkyKick UK Ltd ("SkyKick") and another (Appellants) v...
Nov 12, 2024 WaterRower not protected by copyright | UK and EU copyright law not compatible By Sean Ibbetson The long-awaited judgment in the WaterRower case was handed down yesterday. The judgment has been eagerly awaited by both IP lawyers and...
Nov 07, 2024 EC pursues Corning for exclusivity obligations - and no-challenge clauses - in relation to Gorilla Glass By Sean-Paul Brankin Yesterday (6 November 2024) the European Commission (EC) issued an unusually detailed press release announcing the formal opening of an...
Nov 06, 2024 European Court of Justice rules on copyright protection for non-EU works of applied art By Marc Linsner In a significant ruling the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Kwantum Nederland and another v Vitra Collections AG (Case C-227/23)...
Nov 06, 2024 Establishing a reputation in the EU, a defeat for Diego Maradona on the trade mark pitch By Sarah Husslein On 5 November, the EUIPO issued two decisions in opposition proceedings [Sattvica S.A v. Global Royal Empire FZ-LLC - Opposition Division...
Oct 29, 2024 International transfers under the Data (Use and Access) Bill By Mac Macmillan Cross-border data transfers are possibly one of the biggest administrative headaches for controllers and processors so companies may be...