Poor treatment of employees in the workplace caught the media spotlight this summer following the award of more than £800,000 made by the High Court to Helen Green, who brought a successful claim for psychiatric illness suffered as a result of her treatment at Deutsche Bank .

On 23 April 2021, the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court handed down a judgment which found that Hitachi Metals Co. violated China's Anti-monopoly Law by refusing to license its patents related to the production of rare earth magnets.

This month's CLIP is the opinion delivered by Advocate General Rantos (AG Rantos) in Servizio Elettrico Nazionale (Case C‑377/20).

PHI cover is a type of insurance that provides a replacement income for employees during long-term sickness absence. Although it can be an invaluable benefit for an employee, problems can arise for the unwary employer. An important point to bear in mind is there are 2 different contracts involved: employer–employee and employer–insurer. Any limitations or exclusions in the PHI policy will not be binding on the employee unless they have been drawn to the employee’s attention and form part of

The circumstances in which it is appropriate to grant an injunction have been the subject of recent decisions in both the life sciences and telecoms sectors.

The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) consulted on their proposed changes to Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules last year and the responses to that consultation were published in August 2006.

Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules provides a means of encouraging early settlement of cases. Although a settlement offer does not need to comply with Part 36, an offer or payment made in accordance with Part 36 puts pressure on the other side to accept because there can be adverse costs consequences if the offer is not beaten at trial.

The Law Society announced on 28 November 2006 that the recent changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (‘CPR’), which would have allowed non-parties to litigation to obtain copies of statements of case filed in proceedings before the changes came into force on 2 October 2006, will be amended by the Civil Procedure Rules Committee so that they only apply to those statements of case filed in proceedings on or after 2 October 2006.

This blog often deals with the competition law implications of owning Standards Essential Patents (‘SEPs') and of the obligations accepted by patentees under the IP policies...

On 13 October the European Commission (EC) announced a new package of proposals relating to the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

This article explores how the duties owed by directors of a UK incorporated company can shift when financial difficulties arise and the personal risks for directors who fail to respond to that change.

The recent case of Oxonica Energy v. Neuftec is a telling example of how expensive litigation can ensue from drafting an intellectual property licence that is not fit for purpose.

The recent publication of the European Commission's proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AIR) has been met with intense interest across the globe, being the first ever legal framework intended ...

In an eagerly anticipated decision, yesterday the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Amazon's appeal regarding the marketing and sales of "BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB"...

The European Union ("EU") has for some years been concerned over the level of waste produced within its borders and the small proportion that is recovered or recycled. Each year 1.3 billion tons of waste are produced of which 67% is incinerated or sent to landfill.

The UK may have left the EU, and Court of Justice (CJEU) judgments therefore no longer rule supreme on this side of the English Channel.

Earlier this year, the CAT issued its first judgment on the raft of cases initiated by the CMA into the UK generics sector in late 2017.

This month's CLIP is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretariat's background note ‘Theories of Harm for digital Mergers' (OECD Note).

This was a case involving the parallel importation of Cuban cigars bearing famous cigar brands such as H Upmann and Punch into the United Kingdom. The case gives further guidance on the sort of circumstances in which a brand owner has "consented" to sales of branded product in the EU with the result that its trade mark rights are "exhausted".

In this judgment Nicholas Caddick QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, found Coloplast's patent for a "comfort layer" for an ostomy bag invalid for obviousness