Articles

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
Recent EPO Decisions - January 2010
by Ewan Nettleton
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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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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
SPCs for Vaccine Combinations
by Dominic Adair
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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 Reed
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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 Reed
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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 Reed
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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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01/11/2009
Get a (Second) Life - Along with Real Life Disputes?
by Jacky Morris
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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
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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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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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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21/09/2009
JV Contracts - I want to break free
by Richard Swaine
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21/09/2009
IMPORTANT - The Carbon Reduction Commitment
by Tim Allen
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21/09/2009
Landlords' Entitlements and Concerns on Subletting
by Tim Allen
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21/09/2009
Remedies for Breach of Contract
by Alexandra Lethbridge
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21/09/2009
Break Options in Leases
by Heidi Pfleger
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21/09/2009
Inherent defects and Tenant's remedies
by Sophie Cattell
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21/09/2009
Landlord insolvency and release of liability following the Avonridge case
by Sophie Cattell
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18/09/2009
Recent EPO Decisions - August 2009
by Ewan Nettleton ,Gemma Barrett ,Gregory Bacon ,Jane Craghill
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14/09/2009
Would you trust this site?
by Rachel Mumby
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14/09/2009
House of Lords declines to reconsider admissibility of negotiations
by Isabel Potocka
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14/09/2009
The Carbon Reduction Commitment and Outsourcing: burdens, risks and opportunities
by Adrian Sim ,Tim Allen
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14/09/2009
Where do your duties lie?
by Natasha Lewis
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14/09/2009
Whiter Shade of Pale - the fat lady has sung
by Rachel Burfitt
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05/09/2009
Medieval relic causes a modern hangover
by Juliana Mocatta
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01/09/2009
Special Offer:Claimant's Part 36 offers and Counterclaims
by Angela Fouracre ,Mark Brown
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01/09/2009
Riding on the coat-tails of famous marks: L'Oréal wins landmark ruling against imitator Bellure
by Catriona MacLeod ,Paul Walsh
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18/08/2009
Recent EPO decisions - July 2009
by Dominic Adair ,Ewan Nettleton ,Gregory Bacon ,Isabel Potocka
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10/08/2009
More Rights for Shareholders A Practical Guide to the Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations
by Natasha Lewis
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07/08/2009
Data Protection Working Party 'pokes' social networking sites with Opinion
by James Brunger
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07/08/2009
Blagging - Time for a change in the law?
by Nicola Russell
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07/08/2009
Disclosing Bad News - AIM Companies Beware
by Richard Swaine
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07/08/2009
TUPE update - new guidance on service provision change
by Charlotte Halfweeg
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07/08/2009
More Rights for Shareholders - the Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations Come into Force
by Natasha Lewis
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05/08/2009
The pros and cons of patent pooling
by Isabel Potocka ,Matthew Warren
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01/08/2009
More haste, less speed
by Heidi Pfleger
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30/07/2009
Update: service provision change - how different must the activities be before TUPE ceases to apply?
by Charlotte Halfweeg
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28/07/2009
POCA: difficulties in reading Parliament's hand
by Andy Hill ,James Irvine
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27/07/2009
The FTC Report on Follow-On Biologic Drug Competition
by Simon Llewellyn
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27/07/2009
Pan-European Vitamin D Litigation - and the Score is...
by Ian Turner
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27/07/2009
How will the ECJ's interpretation of 'advertising' in Damgaard affect the activities of regulatory bodies and other third parties?
by Marina Barnden
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27/07/2009
SPCs and the ECJ - Synthon v Merz Pharma
by Katie Hutchinson
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27/07/2009
Food supplement or medicinal product? The ECJ identifies determinative factors to make the distinction
by Georgia Gavriilidou
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27/07/2009
What's in the pipeline for Pharma?  Commission's Final Report in Pharma Sector Inquiry
by Helen Hopson ,Pat Treacy
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27/07/2009
UK High Court upholds decision to refuse paediatric SPC extension
by Laura von Hertzen
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27/07/2009
The First Advanced Therapy Product to Receive a Positive Opinion by the EMEA
by Jessica Fisher
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27/07/2009
Budget 2009 - a Tax Update
by Jonathan Chapper
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27/07/2009
Get your priorities right: Edwards Lifesciences v Cook Biotech
by Simon Llewellyn
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17/07/2009
Debt/Equity Swaps: All the Rage
by Charlotte Rigby
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15/07/2009
Can you Guarantee it?
by Natasha Lewis
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15/07/2009
Recent EPO Decisions - June 2009
by Dominic Adair ,Ewan Nettleton ,Gregory Bacon ,Jane Craghill
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15/07/2009
'Poe-litician's licence' -- Selective information is fair and accurate under the DPA
by James Brunger
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15/07/2009
Compensation for Employee Inventors - Kelly v GE Healthcare Limited
by Katie Hutchinson
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15/07/2009
The Pirate Bay: lowering the Skull and Crossbones?
by William Jensen
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15/07/2009
L'Oreal v eBay: the UK Decision
by Katie Hutchinson
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04/07/2009
Without prejudice to landlord or tenant
by Sophie Cattell
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01/07/2009
Worth making a song and dance about the database right?
by Ewan Nettleton ,Tom Ohta
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16/06/2009
Recent EPO decisions - May 2009
by Claire Wilson ,Ewan Nettleton ,Gregory Bacon ,Isabel Potocka
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09/06/2009
ICO approves Accenture and Atmel BCRs
by Alistair Mann
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09/06/2009
The chips are down: Intel's €1.06 billion fine
by Helen Hopson ,William Jensen
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09/06/2009
IT Contracts - Drafting tips in a downturn
by Adrian Sim
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09/06/2009
Legal Q&A ... adjustments for disabled staff
by Charlotte Halfweeg ,Clare Cruise
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09/06/2009
Where did that come Phorm?  EU adds to legal controversy
by Ben Winslade
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09/06/2009
Earn-outs: worth the consideration?
by Charlotte Rigby
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08/06/2009
The Responsibility of the Non-Executive Director: an effective check and balance?
by Frances Brown
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06/06/2009
A recurring tug-of-war
by Tim Allen
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22/05/2009
Recent EPO decisions - April 2009
by Ewan Nettleton ,Gregory Bacon ,Isabel Potocka ,Jane Craghill ,Richard Pinckney
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19/05/2009
An Unwelcome Innovation
by Tim Allen
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19/05/2009
IMPORTANT - Budget 2009 - a Real Estate Perspective
by Jonathan Chapper
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19/05/2009
IMPORTANT - Debt in 2009: Tolerance at a Price
by Iain Redford
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19/05/2009
Business Rates Deferral Scheme 2009/10
by Jonathan Chapper
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19/05/2009
Know Your Tenant
by Teresa Edmund
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19/05/2009
"What do you mean they're now my employees?" - the Hidden Cost of TUPE
by Charlotte Halfweeg
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19/05/2009
Time to Move On?
by Tim Allen
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19/05/2009
Who is my Landlord?  The Position under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954
by Heidi Pfleger
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19/05/2009
Uncertain Terms : Making Sure You Avoid Granting Security of Tenure
by Sophie Cattell
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19/05/2009
Competent Landlords and Defective Notices under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954
by Heidi Pfleger
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08/05/2009
Online Behavioural Advertisers Agree to Behave Themselves
by Alistair Mann
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08/05/2009
Data Shirking? Government Withdraws Information Sharing Powers
by Ben Winslade
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08/05/2009
Bernard Madoff - a Case of Substantial Public Interest
by Nicola Russell
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08/05/2009
A Room* with a Street View (*more of an Office, really)
by William Jensen
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30/04/2009
Disclosing Bad News - Points to Note for AIM Companies
by Richard Swaine
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28/04/2009
Speedy Appeal on Napp's Slow-Release Painkiller Patents
by Jessica Fisher
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28/04/2009
Compensation for Employee Inventors - Kelly v GE Healthcare
by Katie Hutchinson
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28/04/2009
A Budget for Biotech?
by Mark Hawes
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28/04/2009
Insufficiency - is one test sufficient? The House of Lords revisits Biogen
by Gregory Bacon
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28/04/2009
Stop Press - EC Consultation on Marketing Authorisation Variation Procedure
by Annabelle Maddison
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28/04/2009
Court of Appeal guidance on conducting parallel EPO and UK proceedings
by Sara Moran
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28/04/2009
The medicine that was left behind: Alzheimer's drug that was never updated in line with EU requirements cannot be a 'reference product'
by Marina Barnden
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28/04/2009
Labels and leaflets - How to make them readable?
by Muriel Riba
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28/04/2009
A hearty review of the experimental use defence
by Jane Craghill
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28/04/2009
Revised UKIPO Practice on Stem Cell Inventions
by Ewan Nettleton
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28/04/2009
Update on the European Commission's recast of the Medical Devices Directives Initiative
by ,Sarah Faircliffe
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28/04/2009
Traditional Herbal Medicines:  Regulatory Obstacles to Effective Product Promotion
by Marina Barnden
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28/04/2009
Interim UK Regulatory Route Map for Stem Cell Research and Manufacture
by Muriel Riba
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28/04/2009
Regulatory developments to tackle counterfeit medicines
by Annabelle Maddison
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28/04/2009
Patent for transdermal fentanyl patch held invalid
by Laura von Hertzen
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28/04/2009
Can the skilled person be different for obviousness and sufficiency?
by Simon Llewellyn
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28/04/2009
NICE is struck again on the transparency front
by Gregory Bacon
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28/04/2009
One case results in two useful judgments
by Jane Craghill
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28/04/2009
A cautionary tale - experiments in patent cases
by James Boon
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28/04/2009
New developments from the UKIPO on SPCs
by Georgia Gavriilidou
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28/04/2009
Secondary Common General Knowledge - is the doctrine now entrenched?
by Catriona MacLeod
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28/04/2009
Pharmaceutical patent pools?
by Isabel Potocka
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22/04/2009
Earn-outs: on the increase
by Charlotte Rigby
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18/04/2009
A ticket to effective negotiations
by Teresa Edmund
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15/04/2009
Facebook's Terms of Use: Do you live on, even after you're gone?
by Adrian Sim
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15/04/2009
Patents Court somewhat depressed about software patents
by James Boon
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15/04/2009
ICO warning as it demolishes covert employee-vetting service
by James Brunger
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15/04/2009
What's on the horizon for on-line commerce...?
by Helen Hopson
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02/04/2009
Adverse Possession does not breach Human Rights
by Heidi Pfleger ,Juliana Mocatta
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01/04/2009
Advocate General delivers opinion on the registration of "monomeric substances" under the REACH Regulation
by Jane Craghill
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01/04/2009
Software Patenting in a State of Flux
by Ewan Nettleton
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