Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: December Teaser
23rd December 2020
The Court of Appeal has published its judgment in the Bentley Clothing case, upholding all the first instance findings in the dispute between Bentley Clothing and Bentley Motors over trade mark...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: November Teaser
30th November 2020
Several decisions from the courts in the past month have provided guidance on procedural issues, such as disclosure and stays, in IP cases.
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Law Briefing: October Teaser
2nd November 2020
There are a number of unusual and interesting cases this month. Two cases at the Court of Appeal concerned misuse of confidential information and protection of trade secrets. In The Racing...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Law Briefing: September Teaser
30th September 2020
Two patent applications naming an artificial intelligence machine called DABUS as their inventor have prompted considerable debate about the role of AI in patent law around the world. This month, the...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Law Briefing: August Briefing
28th August 2020
The stand-out decision in August was the UK Supreme Court’s ruling in the Unwired Planet v Huawei and Conversant v Huawei/ZTE cases. In a unanimous judgment, the five judges dismissed the appeals and...
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Brexit, Privacy Shield & Schrems II
4th August 2020
The recent Schrems PRISM and Privacy Shield case (Schrems II) is important. The issues at stake are the interpretation and legality of the:
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Law Briefing: July Teaser
30th July 2020
The Court of Appeal ruling in E Mishan & Sons, Inc v Hozelock Ltd & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 871 was notable in that the two patent specialist judges on the panel came to opposite conclusions on...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: June Teaser
30th June 2020
The UK Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in the Regeneron v Kymab case over patents for transgenic mice. In a 4-1 decision, it reversed the Court of Appeal, finding the two patents invalid...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: May Teaser
29th May 2020
There have been important decisions in two long-running trade mark sagas this month. Lord Justice Arnold gave his judgment in the SkyKick case, following the opinion of the CJEU in January. He found...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: April Teaser
30th April 2020
This month’s Briefing includes two important patent judgments in the UK courts, as well as trade mark decisions from the IPEC and the CJEU, as well as information on the impact of the Covid-19...
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