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Voluntary licensing on the rise as Medicines Patent Pool signs second deal for coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment

Voluntary licensing on the rise as Medicines Patent Pool signs second deal for coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment

The following IP news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Voluntary licensing on the rise as Medicines Patent Pool signs second deal for coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment

Life Sciences weekly highlights—25 November 2021

Life Sciences weekly highlights—25 November 2021

The following Life Sciences news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Life Sciences weekly highlights—25 November 2021

Businesses appeal £100m CMA fine for overpriced drug

Businesses appeal £100m CMA fine for overpriced drug

The following Life Sciences news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Businesses appeal £100m CMA fine for overpriced drug

Guidance on new EU international transfer SCCs should come in 2021, official says

Guidance on new EU international transfer SCCs should come in 2021, official says

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Guidance on new EU international transfer SCCs should come in 2021, official says

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Joint, several, and joint and several liability

Joint, several, and joint and several liability

Joint, several, and joint and several liabilityContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by...

The regulation of medical devices in the UK

The regulation of medical devices in the UK

The regulation of medical devices in the UKThis Practice Note provides an overview of the UK regulatory regime for medical devices. It explains the...

Intellectual property rights ownership clause

Intellectual property rights ownership clause

1 Definitions 1.1 In this clause: Background Intellectual Property means any and all Intellectual Property...

Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021

Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021

Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021This Practice Note provides an overview of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (MMDA 2021) which, in...

Precedents

Set-off clause

1 Set-off permitted by either party Each party may set off any amount that the other party owes it under this agreement[ or...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Key definitions under data protection law

Key definitions under data protection lawOn 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU and EEA. Given the extensive data flows between...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

The Vertical Restraints Block Exemption

The Vertical Restraints Block ExemptionThe Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation (VRBE, Regulation No 330/2010) defines a category of...
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Produced in partnership with Addleshaw Goddard 16th Nov
Practice notes

Joint ownership of intellectual property rights

Joint ownership of intellectual property rightsWhen parties collaborate on creative projects or research and development, complex questions arise...
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Produced in partnership with Jessica Stretch 16th Nov
Practice notes

Introduction to borderline products

Introduction to borderline productsThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the concept of borderline products, how the regulatory status of...
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16th Nov
Precedents

Background IP and Foreground IP definitions

Background Intellectual Property ...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Data portability

Data portabilityUK and EU data protection laws each include a right to data portability. This right allows individuals to obtain from a controller a...
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Produced in partnership with Alex Brown of Simmons & Simmons 16th Nov
Practice notes

Waiver and release

Waiver and releaseDefining waiverIn the law of contract, the term ‘waiver’ may have different meanings but is most commonly used to denote the...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Powers of attorney in commercial transactions

Powers of attorney in commercial transactionsCommercial lawyers will regularly come across situations where third parties are executing documents as...
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16th Nov
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Q&As

Can a share certificate be executed by electronic means?

Can a share certificate be executed by electronic means?The form of a company's share certificate is not prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 (CA...
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16th Nov
Precedents

No partnership or agency clause

1 No partnership or agency—short form Nothing in this agreement constitutes, or will be deemed to constitute, a partnership...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

IP Rights and abuse of dominance

IP Rights and abuse of dominanceIntellectual Property Rights (‘IPRs’) enable their owner to exclude third parties from use of the relevant protected...
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Produced in partnership with Bristows 16th Nov
Practice notes

Exceptions and defences to patent infringement

Exceptions and defences to patent infringementA ‘patent’ is a document conferring so-called monopoly rights to an inventor. A patent protects new...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Case T- 691/14 Servier v Commission et al (pay–for–delay) [Archived]

Case T- 691/14 Servier v Commission et al (pay–for–delay) [Archived]ARCHIVED—this achieved case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Declaration of a director's interests—articles of association

Declaration of a director's interests—articles of associationA director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in:•a proposed...
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16th Nov
Precedents

Material transfer agreement

Material transfer agreementThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert the company name] a company registered in [England and Wales] under company...
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Produced in partnership with Patricia Barclay of Bonaccord 16th Nov

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European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)BREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Following IP completion day, key transitional arrangements

Hearsay evidence in civil litigation

Hearsay evidence in civil litigation

Hearsay evidence in civil litigationThis Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to be mindful of additional provisions—see further below.This Practice

PRA Rulebook—introduction for the insurance and reinsurance sector

PRA Rulebook—introduction for the insurance and reinsurance sector

PRA Rulebook—introduction for the insurance and reinsurance sectorOn 29 August 2015, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published the PRA Rulebook (Rulebook). The transition from the Handbook to the Rulebook was intended to benefit PRA-authorised firms, to access clearer and more concise

Lease transactions toolkit (environmental issues)—Commercial Property Standard Enquiries and additional

Lease transactions toolkit (environmental issues)—Commercial Property Standard Enquiries and additional

Commercial Property Standard EnquiriesThe Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE) have become the industry standard pre-contract enquiries for commercial property transactions:•CPSE.1 (version 3.8) General pre-contract enquiries for all commercial property transactions•CPSE.2 (version 3.4)