Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: March Teaser
By James Nurton
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IT Law
31st March 2021
This month’s Briefing includes three Court of Appeal judgments, six decisions of the lower courts, two rulings from the CJEU and one from the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal, as well as a report on the...
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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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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: January Teaser
2nd February 2021
The Court of Appeal gave a rare judgment on confidential information this month, in a case concerning former employees of Trailfinders who had gone to work for a rival. The judgment provides guidance...
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Ransomware Attacks: To Pay, Or Not To Pay, That Is The Question
7th January 2021
With increased remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all more alive to the risk of cyber threats and attacks. One of the cyber threats that came to the forefront of people's...
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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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