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On 25 April, Advocate General Wathelet issued his opinion on the interpretation of Article 3(a) SPC Regulation in the referral from the UK Patents Court in Teva & ors v Gilead ...

In the latest instalment of the ongoing trade mark dispute between Irish restaurant chain Supermac's and fast-food giant McDonald's, Supermac's has succeeded in partially revoking an EU Trade Mark

The UK Government has announced a revised timetable for the introduction of border controls and checks for goods arriving from the EU, just two weeks ahead of the expected introduction of new rules for imports.

We recently published an alert in relation to the European Commission's legislative proposals to replace the current EU regulatory framework for all medicines (including those for rare diseases and for children).

Some 343 million people worldwide face acute hunger – an issue likely to be worsened by a rapidly growing global population and a frequently disrupted food supply chain.

UK-based CBD companies may feel they have had a rough ride recently as the FSA introduces the new novel food application process, which requires non-medicinal CBD products...

Today the Police Appeal Tribunal of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime overturned the 25 October 2023 decision of the Misconduct Panel, which after a six weeks of hearings...

The ASA's recent Jaded London ruling demonstrates that advertisers can breach CAP Code Rule 1.3 through lifestyle imagery and creative choices alone, even without express harmful claims. This analysis examines how the rule operates, what businesses need to consider when reviewing campaign materials, and why social responsibility assessments should extend beyond headline copy to encompass the entire creative execution.

BCL Solicitors is pleased to announce our new Charities of the Year for 2021 are Children Heard and Seen, supporting children, young people and their families who are impacted by parental imprisonment...

Non-alcoholic alternatives are increasingly in the spotlight and their rise in popularity brings with it new considerations for workplaces. We consider the issue of non-alcoholic drinks in the workplace...

Goals five and six of the UK's Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 (the EIP) set out the Government's aims to maximise our resources, minimise waste, and use resources from nature sustainably.

Recently the BBC reported that despite the ‘legalisation of medicinal cannabis' in November 2018, ‘virtually no-one' in the UK had been able to access it since changes in the law over three months ago.

In July 2018, Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, announced that certain cannabis-derived medicinal products would be rescheduled under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (‘the MDA Regulations').

This article is the first in a series through which we intend to explore the alternative protein industry and discuss legal considerations for companies and investors operating within it.

Competition authorities in Europe have for years grown increasingly concerned about so-called "killer acquisitions," particularly in life sciences where targets often have high innovation potential but little or no turnover.

EU and UK antitrust laws make it illegal for dominant firms to charge unfair or excessive prices.

On December 10, 2018, Olympus Medical Systems Corporation and a former quality manager at the company pleaded guilty to introducing misbranded medical devices into interstate commerce in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Last week, pioneers of the AI industry convened at the home of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War, Bletchley Park, for the UK's AI Safety Summit.