In order to establish that an unauthorised use or dealing in a product or process amounts to infringement of a patent it is necessary to prove that:•a...
This Practice Note provides an introduction to arbitration and its key features, with a particular focus on arbitration under the law of England and...
As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...
Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day ie Friday 31 January 2020 has implications for practitioners considering the use of ADR as it may...
As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...
For the purposes of this Q&A, we have focused on the scenario where the principal (not necessarily as an employer) has an IPR indemnity clause in its...
Any organisation based in the UK which offers medicines for sale to the public in the UK or in another EU/EEA country via a website must be registered...
In this Q&A, we have assumed that the question refers to the current regulatory framework and not the new medical device regulations (the Regulations)...
How will European patents and the UK patent system be affected, if at all? What will happen to existing Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)...
A further education corporation validly established under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (FHEA 1992) is an exempt charity for the purposes...
In English law, the expression ‘force majeure’ does not refer to a legal doctrine. Instead, the expression ‘force majeure clause’ is used to describe...
There is no judicially accepted definition of the term ‘force majeure’, so what the parties mean by it must be expressly set out in the contract (ie...