Are your business agreements financial crisis proof? *

European Union, United Kingdom - August 16 2012
We live in worrying, uncertain times.

Co-authors: Andrew Clay.

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Does Oracle v UsedSoft end restrictions on reselling software licenses? *

European Union - July 24 2012
In a surprising judgment, on 3 July the European Court decided that end users of Oracle software could resell their software licences without Oracle’s consent and that licence terms that prevented them from doing so were unenforceable.

Co-authors: Paul Jinks, Garfield Smith, Peter Donaldson.

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Unreasonably withheld consent - that is the question? *

United Kingdom - April 17 2012
The High Court recently considered this question in the case of Porton Capital Technology Funds and others v 3M UK Holding Ltd and 3M Company [2011] EWHC 2895.

Co-authors: Vicky Wilkes, Caroline Egan .

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Image rights: Rooney 1, management 0 *

United Kingdom - April 17 2012
The Court of Appeal has upheld a judgment from the High Court in which an image rights agreement between Wayne Rooney and his former management company was deemed unenforceable due to it being an unreasonable restraint of trade.

Co-authors: Vicky Wilkes, Caroline Egan .

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Data protection: penalty increase looming *

European Union - April 17 2012
Data protection and security issues are about to be pushed much higher up the priority list of businesses across Europe and beyond.

Co-authors: Vicky Wilkes, Caroline Egan .

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