5/7/2025 10:33:11 AM Fake authorities cited by counsel in the High Court—AI suspected By Wes Walker Ayinde v The London Borough of Haringey [2025] EWHC 1040 (Admin) is partly a decision about relief from sanctions in the context of a...
5/1/2025 5:44:35 PM STOP PRESS: UK Court of Appeal Overturns and Re-Decides FRAND Royalty in Optis v Apple proceedings ([2025] EWCA Civ 552) By Matthew Raynor Sophie Lawrance Richard Pinckney In a major judgment addressing the valuation of standard-essential patent (SEP) licences, the Court of Appeal has overturned the...
4/4/2025 9:45:24 AM Nike’s Design Setback As Its Own Earlier Patent Invalidates Its EU Design Registration By Jessica des Landes Simon Clark The Invalidity Division of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ruled against Nike Innovate C.V. to invalidate one of...
3/24/2025 10:32:22 PM UPC post Electrolux By Richard Pinckney The UPC in IMC Créations v Mul-T-Lock France and Mul-T-Lock Switzerland has applied BSH v Electrolux. The court decided it has...
2/14/2025 10:01:07 AM Bristows’ SnippITs – Part 2: Suppliers beware! [of excluding Everything Everywhere] By James Johnston Katy Gibson Adrian Sim This post is the latest in the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions...
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...
1/27/2025 4:34:30 PM Bristows’ SnippITs - Put your thinking caps on to avoid an explosive result By Soraya Gajra Adrian Sim This post is the latest in the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions...
1/24/2025 5:25:33 PM Termination Rights Gone Wrong: Lessons from the Zaha Hadid Case By Alan Sansom Wes Walker In late 2024, Mr. Justice Adam Johnson delivered his judgment in Zaha Hadid Ltd v Zaha Hadid Foundation [2024] EWHC 3325 (Ch), offering...
1/21/2025 12:01:29 PM Arbitrations governed by non-national law are still subject to the mandatory provisions of the seat By Wes Walker Unlike before an English court, parties to an arbitration seated in England are not limited to having a tribunal decide the substance of...
1/10/2025 3:05:29 PM The end of the Shareholder Rule By Wes Walker Alan Sansom For over a century, when a company has been sued by a shareholder, difficult questions have arisen about privilege. The rule in English...
10/30/2024 9:59:38 AM Arbitration Seat Designation: Key Takeaways from the Investcom Ruling Disputes: A Case Study By Max Palmer Introduction Investcom Global Limited v PLC Investments Limited & Ors EWHC 2505 (Comm) The recent Commercial Court decision Investcom...
10/29/2024 12:42:56 PM Interpretation of notices By Georgia Austin Recent decisions have offered further clarity on the issue of defective notice which will be of interest to property practitioners. The...