Strike a balance between protecting IP rights and complying with competition law. This topic provides IP practitioners with practical insights and strategies to navigate the interplay between innovation and market regulation. Understand the nuances of leveraging your intellectual property while avoiding anti-competitive practices. Equip yourself with the knowledge to ensure your clients' IP strategies are legally sound and commercially effective.
This week's edition of IP weekly highlights includes a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from the world of IP. These...
The European Commission has announced proposals for a new European Innovation Act to help innovative companies develop, finance and scale up across...
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published its Trading Standards Survey 2025-26, covering April 2025 to March 2026 and highlighting...
Life Sciences analysis: The request for a preliminary ruling that gave rise to Case C-371/26 was made in the context of proceedings before the Danish...
Introduction to passing offUnlike many other countries, the UK has no unfair competition law. Brand owners seeking to prevent competitors from...
Trade mark infringementRights conferred by a trade mark registrationThe registration of a trade mark gives the owner the exclusive right to prevent...
Copyright—authorship and ownershipThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) defines the author of a work as the person who created it....
Passing off—goodwill, misrepresentation and damageWhat is passing off?Passing off is a common law tort which protects rights that are not capable of...
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin termDefinitionMeaningActa iure imperiiLegal
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