7/30/2026 12:31:32 PM Update: Court of Appeal hands down judgment in second-hand software dispute By Anna Cook The Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment relating to the ongoing Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) dispute between JJH Enterprises...
7/29/2026 4:54:08 PM Microsoft, Copilot and subscription transparency: CMA opens new consumer protection investigation By Naina Patel The latest UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation has recently been announced, this time looking into Microsoft’s...
6/24/2026 3:52:38 PM No encore for hidden fees – the UK Competition and Markets Authority fines StubHub UK for drip pricing and orders refunds By Victoria Yuan Summary On 23 June, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined StubHub UK, the online ticketing platform, £889,200 (including a...
6/1/2026 8:39:40 AM Testing Italy’s patience: Biogen investigated over alleged abuse in MS treatment market By Edwin Bond Antonia Kendrick The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has launched an investigation into whether Biogen has used its blockbuster multiple sclerosis...
5/8/2026 10:41:12 AM Podcast: Samsung v ZTE - 4th FRAND determination by the English High Court By Richard Pinckney Francion Brooks Matthew Hunt Join Richard Pinckney, Francion Brooks and Matthew Hunt for this ‘rapid reaction’ episode as they talk through 5 of the most interesting...
5/7/2026 3:08:29 PM Podcast: The UK's interim FRAND licence regime - where are we now? By Matthew Hunt Sam Harvey Join Matthew Hunt and Sam Harvey for a whistlestop tour of the past year (and a bit) of interim licence judgments, working through cases...
5/1/2026 2:46:46 PM Stop press: High Court hands down FRAND judgment in Samsung v ZTE By Richard Pinckney Sophie Lawrance Francion Brooks The High Court has today handed down its judgment in Samsung v ZTE, determining the FRAND terms of a global cross-licence between the...
3/26/2026 3:58:33 PM Competition litigation: 'user damages' for the unlawful collection and use of data? By Matthew Hunt The cause of action in competition cases in the UK is usually the tort of breach of statutory duty. As a general rule, the damages to be...
3/26/2026 9:53:33 AM A bump in the road? US DOJ subjects automotive licensing negotiation group to antitrust scrutiny By Sophie Lawrance Edwin Bond The US Department of Justice is investigating car manufacturers for participating in a licensee negotiation group (LNG), MLex has...
3/24/2026 7:10:42 PM From AI pricing algorithms to public procurement: UK Competition and Markets Authority publishes its 2026–27 annual plan By Victoria Yuan James Batsford On 23 March, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its 2026-2027 Annual Plan (the Annual Plan): the first since the...
2/18/2026 9:25:18 AM Qualcomm wins again on chips and royalties as UK competition collective action is withdrawn By Sophie Lawrance The UK collective proceedings regime received another indication today of the challenges to standalone abuse of dominance claims, as...
12/10/2025 2:08:26 PM Cloudy Outlook for Copycats? Successful Reputation-based Trade Mark Claim in Lookalike Packaging Dispute By Tim Heaps A Summary of the Court of Appeal’s Judgment in Thatchers v Aldi Tim Heaps, ‘Cloudy Outlook for Copycats? Successful Reputation-based...