There were three notable Court of Appeal judgments in December, all upholding first instance decisions.
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: November Teaser
30th November 2021
The Supreme Court published an important judgment on 10 November, in which it rejected an attempt to bring a class action against Google over an alleged breach of data privacy (Lloyd v Google LLC ...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: October Teaser
3rd November 2021
This month’s Briefing leads with two important judgments addressing the conduct of professional representatives in IP cases. The first dealt with a professional negligence claim where a firm of...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: September Teaser
1st October 2021
Two substantial patent judgments from the Court of Appeal lead this month’s Briefing.
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: August Teaser
27th August 2021
The Court of Appeal upheld a finding of likelihood of indirect confusion between EU and UK trade marks for EAGLE RARE (registered for goods in class 33) and a bourbon whiskey sold under the name...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: July Teaser
2nd August 2021
In an important trade mark judgment (Sky v SkyKick), the Court of Appeal reversed the first instance finding that Sky’s trade marks for SKY were partially invalid due to lack of intention to use...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: June Teaser
1st July 2021
Patent cases dominate this month’s IP & IT Briefing. The Court of Appeal discussed ‘purposive construction’ in a case concerning railway trackbeds in which it upheld the first instance finding that...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: May Teaser
15th June 2021
Trade mark and passing off cases feature heavily in this month’s IP & IT Briefing.
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Law Briefing: April Teaser
29th April 2021
Three complex patent cases lead this month’s briefing. Alcon Research LLC & Anor v Actavis Group PTC EHF & Ors concerned a patent for treating glaucoma and ocular hypertension, the validity of which...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: February Teaser
2nd March 2021
There was one notable Court of Appeal decision this month, concerning Crown use. In a judgment written by Lord Justice Arnold, the Court reversed the decision of the first instance judge, finding...
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