Articles

25/08/2010
SAS Institute v World Programming Limited - Questions referred to the ECJ
by Zoe Bent
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25/08/2010
The Digital Economy Act 2010 & The Bribery Act 2010 - are problems beginning to come out in the "wash"?
by David Horner
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25/08/2010
Jones v Ricoh UK Ltd
by Osman Zafar
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25/08/2010
Move Fast to outwit video game pirates
by Simon Llewellyn
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25/08/2010
Duty of utmost good faith and an obligation to use all reasonable endeavours - how far do you have to go?
by Isabel Potocka
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22/07/2010
Move Fast to outwit video game pirates
by Nellie Jackson ,Paul Jordan
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22/07/2010
My Dad's better than your Dad
by Dev Kumar ,Matthew Dick
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21/07/2010
Behavioural Marketing and Prior Consent: Art 29 WP gives its Opinion
by James Brunger
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21/07/2010
Here today, gone tomorrow
by Jonathan Chapper
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21/07/2010
Beware the sting in your adviser's contractual "tail"
by David Horner
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21/07/2010
"Are you sure your contract allows you to terminate if you haven't been paid?"
by Adrian Sim
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21/07/2010
July Crumbs! Low cost alcohol
by David George ,Simon Llewellyn
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19/07/2010
FOI and EIRs exemptions - prejudice to law enforcement
by Hazel Grant ,Rachel Burfitt
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13/07/2010
Eudamed - A step toward a single market for medical devices
by Muriel Riba
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13/07/2010
Ombudsman criticises EMA for refusal to give access to documents:  will 'transparency' become yet more 'transparent'?
by Marina Barnden
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13/07/2010
Intecare Direct Ltd v Pfizer Ltd - High Court upholds Pfizer's stock control policy in interim injunction decision
by David George ,Pat Treacy
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13/07/2010
Bribery Act 2010
by David Horner ,Sahar Shepperd
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13/07/2010
Pricing in the aftermath of Menarini decision
by Sam Ryan
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13/07/2010
EMA focuses on clinical trials conducted in third countries

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has initiated a public consultation on ethical and good clinical practice (GCP) aspects of clinical trials conducted in third countries.  This article looks at the aims of the consultation.


by Georgia Gavriilidou
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13/07/2010
Life Sciences : UK Coalition Government Investment Update
by Charles Willison ,David Horner
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01/07/2010
Corruption - Global Business, Global Reach, Global Concern
by Annabelle Maddison ,James Irvine
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01/07/2010
Does the recent Court of Appeal decision in Shah v HSBC [2010] EWCA Civ 31 place banks in an unenviable position dealing with its customers?
by Eric Klotz ,Geoffrey Gauci
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01/07/2010
Does English law still facilitate "forum shopping" post Owusu v Jackson [2005] QB 801?
by Andrew Waters
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18/06/2010
Recent EPO Decisions - May 2010
by Ewan Nettleton
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15/06/2010
Are exports of German Data under Safe Harbor now fiction?
by Vera Jungkind
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15/06/2010
Standard-setting and interoperability in Europe
by David George ,Pat Treacy
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15/06/2010
Akzo Nobel - no privilege for in house counsel
by Osman Zafar ,William Jensen
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15/06/2010
Red card for World Cup advertising?
by Jacky Morris ,Paul Jordan
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15/06/2010
No answers to questions on software patentability
by Laura von Hertzen ,Myles Jelf
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15/06/2010
Kingsway Hall Hotel Ltd v Red Sky IT (Hounslow) Ltd - a case of the left hand not knowing what the right was doing
by Sahar Shepperd
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15/06/2010
Football Fixture Lists -- the home leg; database law selected and arranged
by James Brunger
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11/06/2010
The Carbon Reduction Commitment - buying and selling Allowances
by Tim Allen
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11/06/2010
IMPORTANT: Corporate Insolvency and the Pre-Pack Regime
by Richard Swaine
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11/06/2010
The Trouble With Guarantees
by Teresa Edmund
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11/06/2010
Sale and Leaseback - Transactions at an Undervalue
by Tim Allen
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11/06/2010
The Secret Castle
by Heidi Pfleger
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11/06/2010
CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - Disaggregating Significant Group Undertakings 30 June 2010 Deadline
by Tim Allen
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11/06/2010
Glossary of Real Estate Terms... Continued
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10/06/2010
Business Rate Supplement 
by Sophie Cattell
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28/05/2010
How to prevent the World Cup leaving employers feeling as sick as parrots
by Clare Cruise
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24/05/2010
L'AdWord - En France, Google va bien
by William Jensen
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24/05/2010
Newzbin's activities binned by the Court
by Gregory Bacon
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24/05/2010
The Digital Economic Tide may be Turning - But What Did it Wash-Up?
New Summary
by Catherine Terry
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24/05/2010
Mind your language: Liability for blog posts
by Bratin Roy
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24/05/2010
Of Corporate Concern: Senior Officer and Company Liability for Bribery
by Annabelle Maddison ,Charles Willison
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19/05/2010
Data Protection: More Powers for the Information Commissioner
by Charles Willison ,Ewan Nettleton
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17/05/2010
VODKAT - on the rocks
by Nellie Jackson
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15/05/2010
Recent EPO Decisions - April 2010
by Ewan Nettleton
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05/05/2010
Better Safe than Sorry? Product Recall Contractual Issues for Consumer Goods Brand Owners
by Sally Dunstan
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23/04/2010
BREAKING NEWS: Public bodies are entitled to offer financial inducements to doctors to prescribe cheaper drugs
by Maria Isabel Manley ,Marina Barnden
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23/04/2010
Second Medical Use - Farewell to "Swiss-type" claims
by Laura von Hertzen
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23/04/2010
OFT abuse case: withdrawal of branded pharmaceuticals, Reckitt Benckiser and the Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry Report
by David George ,Sophie Lawrance
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23/04/2010
Servier delivers NICE blow
by Maria Isabel Manley ,Sam Ryan
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23/04/2010
Narrow scope of protection for DNA sequences
by Laura von Hertzen
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23/04/2010
Controlled Foreign Companies - a transatlantic attack
by Jonathan Chapper
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23/04/2010
Advocate General leaves no room for manoeuvre in the interpretation of the SPC Regulation
by Georgia Gavriilidou ,Maria Isabel Manley
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23/04/2010
Sustained release fluvastatin patent held invalid
by Gregory Bacon
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23/04/2010
Vertical Restraints: New Exemption and Guidelines
by Pat Treacy
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22/04/2010
ABPI v MHRA: AG's Opinion from the ECJ finds public bodies' prescribing incentive schemes to be unlawful
by Maria Isabel Manley ,Marina Barnden
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19/04/2010
Don't waive goodbye to 'subject to written contract' provisions
by James Brunger
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19/04/2010
Review of Patent Cases in the English Courts in 2009
by Brian Cordery ,Ewan Nettleton ,Sam Tuxford ,Lorna Ballington
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19/04/2010
US decision makers beware -- UK copyright can bite
by Leane Shankster
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19/04/2010
The Italian Job - Google executives convicted
by Hazel Grant
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19/04/2010
(Not such a) SoftLanding
by Claire Purkiss
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19/04/2010
When a perpetual licence isn't forever
by Alistair Mann
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01/04/2010
Get a (Second) Life - Along with Real Life Disputes?
by Jacky Morris
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30/03/2010
New bribery laws are imminent - do you have adequate procedures in place?
by Geoffrey Gauci
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22/03/2010
Dawn raids: are you ready....?
by Helen Hopson ,Maria Georgiou ,Pat Treacy
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22/03/2010
Bribery- not in our airspace!
by Annabelle Maddison
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22/03/2010
You have rights. You just might not know it.
by Michael Stevenson
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18/03/2010
Consumer Products Advertising - Recent Complaints and ASA Adjudications
by Paul Jordan
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17/03/2010
Grab that domain: the Advocate General's opinion in Internetportal und Marketing GmbH v Richard Schlicht, C-569/08.
by Simon Llewellyn
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17/03/2010
Data Protection Online: New Code of Practice
by Hazel Grant
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17/03/2010
Copyright Tribunal's decision on public performance tariffs upheld
by Bratin Roy
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17/03/2010
Controller or processor? EU data protection authorities ponder a fundamental question
by James Brunger
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17/03/2010
Data Protection Update: New Model Clauses for transfers to non-EU data processors
by James Brunger
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15/03/2010
Recent EPO Decisions - February 2010
by Claire Wilson ,Dominic Adair ,Ewan Nettleton ,Isabel Potocka ,Jane Craghill
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11/03/2010
Patents Court endorses 'export' of UK judgements
by David George
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08/03/2010
FOI and EIRs exemptions - on personal data
by Hazel Grant ,Leane Shankster
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26/02/2010
Can employees be liable for breaches of competition law?
by Claire Purkiss ,Sophie Lawrance
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23/02/2010
Additional "transferable" paternity leave and pay - getting ready for April 2011
by Charlotte Halfweeg
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23/02/2010
The Crossover Between Annual Leave And Sick Leave
by Linda Farrell
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15/02/2010
Beware of copying your own ideas
by Bratin Roy
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15/02/2010
BSkyB v EDS - the judgement is out!
by Rachel Burfitt
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15/02/2010
A world of apps
by Leane Shankster ,Nellie Jackson
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15/02/2010
At an economic loss
by Toby Crick
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15/02/2010
A vote of confidence for "Wrotham Park damages"
by David Horner
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15/02/2010
Recent EPO Decisions - January 2010
by Ewan Nettleton
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09/02/2010
Patents Court endorses 'export' of UK judgements
by David George
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03/02/2010
Make your selection: The Court of Appeal provides further guidance on selection patents
by Simon Llewellyn
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03/02/2010
Product Liability - Can Defendants be Substituted Outside the 10-year Limitation Period?
by Muriel Riba
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03/02/2010
MHRA Introduces Traditional Herbal Registration Certification Mark
by Dev Kumar
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03/02/2010
Patent Cases Roundup
by David George
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03/02/2010
How can Conducting Clinical Research be made less of a Trial? - Commission Consultation on the Functioning of the Clinical Trials Directive
by Catherine Terry
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03/02/2010
SPCs for Vaccine Combinations
by Dominic Adair
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03/02/2010
FOI and EIRs exemptions - commercially sensitive information
by Hazel Grant ,Sam Ryan
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03/02/2010
Change Management in Life Sciences Firm's Outsourcing Arrangements
by Toby Crick
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03/02/2010
NICE Challenged Again
by Dev Kumar
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03/02/2010
Continued Competition Monitoring for Pharma Settlement Agreements
by Sophie Lawrance
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03/02/2010
Pre-Budget Report 2009 Tax Reforms - Too Little, Too Late?  
by Jonathan Chapper
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01/02/2010
Taking Stock of the UK's Data Retention Requirements
by Eric Klotz ,Ewan Nettleton
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28/01/2010
IMPORTANT - The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Update 
by Tim Allen
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28/01/2010
Know your Tenant - Virtual Assignments Revisited      
by Teresa Edmund
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28/01/2010
IMPORTANT -  Pre-Budget Report 2009 Tax Roundup    
by Jonathan Chapper
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28/01/2010
Land Agreements soon to be Subject to Competition Rules
by Claire Purkiss ,Helen Hopson
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28/01/2010
The Provisions and Pitfalls in Serving Notices    
by Heidi Pfleger
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28/01/2010
No Religious Discrimination when a Christian Relate Counsellor is reluctant to counsel same-sex couples
by Justin Costley
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28/01/2010
Blowing The Whistle - The Government Turns Up The Volume
by Linda Farrell
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28/01/2010
Enforceability of Rental Side Letters - a Reminder of the Case Law  
by Tim Allen
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28/01/2010
Sky High: BSkyB succeeds on claim for fraudulent misrepresentation against EDS
by Angela Fouracre
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19/01/2010
Competition Law Update: European Commission requests patent settlement agreements from pharma companies
by Sophie Lawrance
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19/01/2010
Rules of the Orange Book
by Helen Hopson ,Pat Treacy
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15/01/2010
Recent EPO Decisions - December 2009
by Ewan Nettleton
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15/01/2010
"Must try harder"
by Hazel Grant
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15/01/2010
Spanner in works for racing game - High Court interprets IP indemnity
by Nicola Russell
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15/01/2010
Pre-Budget Report 2009 tax reforms - too little, too late for the TMT sector?
by Jonathan Chapper
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15/01/2010
Digital Controversy Bill
by Alistair Mann
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13/01/2010
January Crumbs! EU Food Labelling Rules
by Flora Greenwood ,Tom Ohta
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12/01/2010
Carbon Labelling
by Leane Shankster
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11/01/2010
Changes to the European E-Privacy Directive, Consequences for Online Advertising
by James Brunger ,Mark Watts
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08/01/2010
New right to request time off for study or training
by Charlotte Halfweeg
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23/12/2009
December Crumbs! Tobacco display ban
by Tom Ohta
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18/12/2009
The ICO's new clothes: an information regulator with some teeth?
by James Brunger
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18/12/2009
ABC of the DPA
by Alistair Mann
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18/12/2009
Easing Access to Justice in Finance Disputes
by Mark Brown
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18/12/2009
Information Commissioner's Christmas Appeal - data retention
by Hazel Grant
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18/12/2009
Termination on insolvency: reassurance for licensors
by Nicola Russell
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18/12/2009
Please be reasonable!  Enforceability of exclusions of liability
by Catherine Terry
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15/12/2009
Recent EPO Decisions - November 2009
by Ewan Nettleton ,Gregory Bacon ,Isabel Potocka
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12/12/2009
Avoid murky waters
by Alexandra Lethbridge ,Richard Burnett-Hall
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11/12/2009
Emerging Issues Analysis - Obtaining US discovery in support of foreign proceedings: Section 1782
by Andrew Waters ,Geoffrey Gauci
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09/12/2009
Charitable Incorporated Organisations - The Current Position
by Charlotte Rigby ,John Lace
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08/12/2009
Directors' Duties and Responsibilities
by Iain Redford ,Frances Brown
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02/12/2009
FOI and EIRs exemptions - on confidentiality
by Hazel Grant
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26/11/2009
Increased use of database right against former employees
by Clare Cruise ,Ewan Nettleton
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22/11/2009
Life cycle management:  it's a justifiable necessity
by Edward Nodder ,Maria Isabel Manley
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21/11/2009
Ups and downs of property
by Sophie Cattell
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18/11/2009
Barcodes in advertising? Yes you (s)can!
by Charles Willison ,Paul Jordan
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18/11/2009
'App-lied' advertising: tips for beginners
by James Brunger
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18/11/2009
Rumours of the death of online advertising are greatly exaggerated?
by Mark Watts
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18/11/2009
How green and cheap is my product?
by Catherine Terry
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18/11/2009
Do not adjust your sets... yet
by Ben Winslade ,Simon Llewellyn
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17/11/2009
Recent EPO Decisions - October 2009
by Ewan Nettleton ,Isabel Potocka
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12/11/2009
Important Ruling from the ECJ on SPCs
by Ewan Nettleton
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12/11/2009
The UK Life Sciences Blueprint
by Isabel Potocka
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12/11/2009
Court of Appeal encourages paediatric SPC extension applications
by Georgia Gavriilidou
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12/11/2009
UK-IPO publishes results of Research Exception consultation
by Maria Georgiou
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12/11/2009
One small step for NICE, a giant leap for innovation?
by Annabelle Maddison
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12/11/2009
SPCs for combination products
by Dominic Adair
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12/11/2009
Medical Devices Directives changing soon: What happens after 21 March 2010?
by Muriel Riba
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12/11/2009
Lack of common principle renders patent for comfy lenses insufficient in the UK
by Laura von Hertzen
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12/11/2009
Court of Appeal finds enantiomer patent and SPC valid
by Gregory Bacon
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07/11/2009
Choose adequate cover
by Sophie Cattell
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02/11/2009
Paediatric Extensions - More SPC Disharmony?
by Ewan Nettleton
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31/10/2009
Turn base metal into pure gold
by Teresa Edmund
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23/10/2009
How much room is there for re-negotiating the terms of the lease on renewal? 
by Sophie Cattell
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15/10/2009
Recent EPO Decisions - September 2009
by Claire Wilson ,Ewan Nettleton
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12/10/2009
Are options to renew or options to break the lease better for SDLT purposes?
by Jonathan Chapper
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12/10/2009
Legal Q&A ... Graduate Talent Pool
by Clare Cruise
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09/10/2009
UK Games Developers - Darling, Give us a (tax) Break!
by Miranda Cass
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09/10/2009
Google's AdWords: Advocate General's Opinion Favours Google
by Katie Hutchinson ,Matthew Dick
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09/10/2009
Distance selling - ECJ withdraws seller compensation rights
by James Brunger
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09/10/2009
Doing things by the (Orange) Book: how to avoid an injunction for unlicensed use of standard/essential patents
by Pat Treacy ,Sophie Lawrance
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09/10/2009
FTC finally enforces Safe Harbor... or does it?
by Ben Winslade ,Charles Willison
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09/10/2009
Using Facebook at Work - Employers Won't Take it Lying Down
by Flora Greenwood
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08/10/2009
'Reputation in the Community': the ECJ's say-so on PAGO
by Matthew Dick
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07/10/2009
ECJ provides further guidance on the ambit of database right
by Ewan Nettleton ,Simon Llewellyn
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05/10/2009
Memorandum and Articles of Association - the new regime under the Companies Act 2006
by Charlotte Rigby
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03/10/2009
Freedom Fighters
by Richard Swaine
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01/10/2009
Does the ECJ's ruling in the Generics case muddy the waters on the interaction between the basic pharmaceutical legislation and the SPC Regulation?
by Maria Isabel Manley ,Marina Barnden
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