The Legal 500

Legal Developments in London Bar

• Pulse newsletter: August 2010

  (1) Plea of mistake succeeds in the District Court (2) Business methods patentable in US? (3) Latest edition of Primary Rules for Arbitrations conducted at SIAC (4)
  - ATMD Bird & Bird LLP

• Restructuring & Insolvency 2010, Luxembourg chapter

  Marc Kleyr and Pascal Sassel - "Restructuring & Insolvency 2010, Luxembourg chapter", in Getting the Deal Through, London 2009
  - KLEYR GRASSO ASSOCIES

• Anti-Corruption Regulation 2010, Luxembourg Chapter

  Rosario GRASSO - "Anti-Corruption Regulation 2010, Luxembourg chapter", in Getting the Deal Through, London, 2010
  - KLEYR GRASSO ASSOCIES

• PROPERTY OWNERSHIP BY NON-INDONESIAN NATIONALS

  Early this year, the State Ministry of Housing Affairs sent the public a message in favor of amending the current rules on property ownership by non-Indonesian nationals for their occupation.
  - Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners

• Competition Law in Cyprus - 2010

  Competition Law in Cyprus is changing dramatically in order to tackle the fight against cartels, possibly the most serious form of competition law violation. Alterations in Cyprus are incorporating the changes in EC Competition Law.
  - Michael Kyprianou & Co

• Recordal of Patent Assignment

  As mandated by Article 66 paragraph (3) of Law No. 14 year 2001 concerning Patent, all forms of Patent transfer must be recorded and published, with the payment of a fee. Further, paragraph (4) mentions that any transfer of Patent, which is not in line with the provisions of this Article, shall be invalid and void.
  - Biro Oktroi Roosseno

• In the Matter of the Ta-Ming Wang Trust, 12 April 2010 (Unreported)

  In this recent case, the Grand Court held that the Hastings Bass principle applied, not just to the actions and decisions of a trustee, but also to the actions and decisions of directors of a company owned by the Ta- Ming Wang Trust (the “Trust”), in declaring dividends, at the instance of the trustee in favour of the trustee; but that, on the available evidence, the decision of the directors could not be impugned.
  - Ogier

• In the Matter of the AE Settlement [2010] JRC085

  The case concerned an application for directions made by the corporate trustee (the “Trustee”) in relation to the underlying assets of three Jersey trusts: the AE Settlement, the CE Settlement and the IE Settlement (together, the “Trusts”).
  - Ogier

• DOUBLE PATENTING AT THE EPO

  Considering the remaining gap between the number of applications and granted patents at the European patent office (EPO)(see here), solutions are required in order to reduce burden and enhance examination efficiency for the large number of pending applications.
  - Hertin Anwaltssozietät

• Franchising Law - Indonesia

  Indonesia’s franchise industry has been significantly developing in recent years. Dominated by small and medium companies, in 2009, Indonesian franchise’s yearly turnover reached US$ 9.5 billion and the number is still increasing to date. Recent research has expected yearly turnover to exceed US$ 10 billion by the end of 2010. The research also records domination of domestic franchise over foreign franchise distribution.
  - DNC