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Unregistered designs: Open and shut case (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 4)
08 February 2017In a recent case, Action Storage (a producer of lockers, such as the ones installed in schools) sued G-Force (another producer of lockers) for infringing its design rights in producing a similar product.
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New Year’s resolutions for better IP (Brands & IP Newsnotes- issue 4)
08 February 2017Why stop at making personal resolutions for the New Year when you can make them for your IP too. The start of the year is an excellent time to consider your general IP strategy and even to introduce new practices that will make protecting, using and enforcing your IP that much easier in 2017.
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Christmas counterfeits – How did you fare? (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 4)
08 February 2017At the end of 2016 the OECD/EUIPO released research suggesting that the total trade in counterfeit and pirated products in the EU amounted to as much as 85 billion Euros in 2013. Luxury goods are top of the list and firmly in the sights of counterfeiters for Christmas. So what was done to tackle the problem for Christmas 2016?
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Legal advice privilege: Not as wide as you think?
08 February 2017Who is a lawyer’s client and what type of communications are protected for the purposes of legal advice privilege have been the subject of two recent important High Court decisions. These cases make it clear that not all communications between lawyers and a client’s employees will be protected by legal advice privilege, even if the communication took place to allow legal advice to be given.
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Indemnity costs intended to have chilling effect
07 February 2017Court orders indemnity costs in recognition of the fact that litigation became “out of control” due to factors that were attributable to the conduct of the Claimants and their legal representatives and experts in the lead up to trial.
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UK proceeding with UPC (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 4)
07 February 2017The UK government announced that it will proceed with the Unitary Patent and the Unitary Patent Court (“UPC”). This ends months of speculation in the patent community as to what would happen afterthe Brexit vote last June. The UK was a mandatory signatory to the UPC Agreement and there had been concern that the project would stall in light of the UK’s European exit. Only Germany is left to ratify the Agreement and it is expected that the UPC will open in December this year.
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‘ETO’ reasons must entail changes in workforce
06 February 2017A recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) serves as a useful reminder of how employers can fairly dismiss employees for an economic, technical or organisational (“ETO”) reason following a TUPE transfer.
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How to read an investment termsheet: Part 2 – The liquidation preference and waterfall
02 February 2017David Willbe has written a piece for Startup Grind.
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Home Office emails migrants for information
01 February 2017It has come to our attention that the Home Office is emailing migrants whose leave is due to expire within a few weeks and inviting them to provide the following information:
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Does a solicitor own the goodwill associated with their own name?
01 February 2017In (1) Juthika Bhayani and (2) Bhayani Law Limited v Taylor Bracewell LLP this question was considered by the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
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Extending the reach of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
26 January 2017The link between an increasingly globalised economy and the labour rights of workers was put firmly on the commercial agenda by the Government when it introduced the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (“MSA”) in October 2015.
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Should (female) employees be told how to dress to impress?
26 January 2017Hitting the headlines, two parliamentary committees have published a report highlighting the fact that discriminatory dress codes are still widespread in the workplace.
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Employee claim to compensation under the Patents Act rejected
25 January 2017Employees may claim statutory compensation if they are responsible for a patent of “outstanding benefit” to their employer.
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Never mind the Government, Parliament fires the Brex Pistol
25 January 2017The Supreme Court has just ruled on one of the most significant British constitutional cases in recent history. An Act of Parliament is needed before Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union can be triggered and the UK leaves the EU.
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Alex Kelham comments in AFP: F1 needs fresh start after 'dictator' Ecclestone - CEO
25 January 2017Head of Sports Business Group, Alex Kelham has commented in an article for Agence France-Presse (AFP) which discusses how Formula One will need a fresh start after previous 'dictator' of the sport Bernie Ecclestone was effectively finished on Monday when US-based Liberty Media completed its takeover of motorsport's most prestigious brand in a deal valued at about $8 billion.
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Free trade and controlling free movement - can the UK and the EU square the circle?
25 January 2017Much is being written about Brexit these days, but what are the possible options for the UK and the EU to reach a compromise on the issue of free movement of people allowing the UK to continue to participate in the European Single Market and the EU Customs Union?
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January 2017: Health and Safety news
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Working Effectively with Trade Unions: Post Brexit and Trade Unions Act
23 January 2017Lewis Silkin is delighted to be speaking at the upcoming 10th Annual Conference: Working Effectively with Trade Unions : Post-Brexit and Trade Unions Act in London on 1 February.
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Advertising for betting and gaming
20 January 2017The existing regulation of advertising for gaming and betting is made up of a patchwork of legislation, regulations and codes of practice.
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