Julian Hitchcock, from our Life Sciences Regulatory team, highlighted the need for a public-facing inquiry at a European level that permits an analysis of what the law needs to do.

Pat Treacy and Naomi Hazenberg discuss the Unwired Planet Supreme Court ruling for IAM magazine.

Well known blog Foss Patents which focusses on intellectual property and related competition law issues has released a podcast on developments relating to component-level SEP licencing.

The UK government’s long awaited tax relief for the video games sector has stalled as the European Commission questions whether state aid in this sector is necessary.

The final text of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the "DMCC Act") was published yesterday. This Act, which received royal assent on 24 May 2024 as part of the pre-election ‘wash up' process...

In this follow-up episode of our podcast series on patent settlement agreements and competition law, Sophie Lawrance and Helena Connors will cover the key takeaways from the Court of Justice's...

Pat Treacy presents episode five in our podcast series regarding the competition law issues associated with patent settlement agreements.

The CMA published the final report of the Online Platforms and Digital Advertising market study, concluding that existing competition law tools are not adequate for regulating the likes of Facebook, Google, ...

TÜV Rheinland (DE) has received designation as a Notified Body for the purposes of the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) (EU) 2017/746.

In Relfo v Vasani, it was held that where monies are improperly paid out of a company, they may be traced through various accounts to the end recipient.

The finishing line is once again in sight but can it be reached this time?

Last week, the UK Supreme Court decided that the UK court has jurisdiction to determine a claim challenging the FRAND rates offered by SEP holders as part of pool or platform joint licensing.

This article considers the decision's implications for industries, particularly telecommunications where FRAND obligations appear imminent.

On 24 December, in the nick of time, the UK and EU agreed the "Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the ...

These include the posture vendors are taking on AI contract terms; key use cases ranging from HR and recruitment tools to marketing and content generation (and the different risks presented by each); where agentic AI is being silently contracted for without legal review; a renewed focus on EU AI Act compliance (and what the AI Omnibus package really means); and our favourite (or least favourite!) new AI terminology.

Does it make a difference if a settlement agreement also has pro-competitive effects.

Pat Treacy and Alex Latham explore the main competition law issues related to blockchain technology in the latest issue of European Competition Law Review

Over recent years there has been a raft of developments at the intersection of competition law and data protection. Both the UK and EU have introduced legislation to regulate...

In this follow-up episode of our podcast series on patent settlement agreements and competition law, Sophie Lawrance and Helena Connors cover the key takeaways...

The European Commission has issued a new flowchart to clarify when software will qualify as a medical device.