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Countdown to the introduction of the new patent box regime

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 21 2013

From 1 April 2013, UK companies will be able to elect into a new regime that applies a lower rate of corporation tax to profits from qualifying

Breakthrough: Europe gets the European Patent Court

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • June 29 2012

Europe has debated establishing a single EU Patent System for more than four decades

High Court of England and Wales rules on threats and jurisdiction in declaration for non-infringement

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2012

In Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd and others v Apple Inc 2012 EWHC 889 (Ch), the High Court of England and Wales considered several preliminary issues in a case involving Apple’s registered Community design for a tablet computer

Court of Justice of the European Union provides ruling on keyword jurisdiction

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • April 30 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in Wintersteiger AG v Products 4U Sondermaschinenbau GmbH C-52310, has ruled that under Article 5(3) of the Brussels Regulation, an advertiser that uses a keyword that infringes a national trade mark on a country-specific top-level domain (TLD) of a Member State other than the Member State where the national trade mark is registered, can be sued in its Member State of establishment

Court of Appeal of England and Wales considers “best” and “all reasonable” endeavours

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2012

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Jet2.com Limited v Blackpool Airport Limited 2011 EWHC 1529 (Comm) has provided guidance on the enforceability of “best endeavours” and “all reasonable endeavours” clauses

The High Court of England and Wales rules on Formula One confidentiality and copyright infringement

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2012

In Force India Formula One Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD and others 2012 EWHC 616 (Ch), the High Court of England and Wales ruled on claims for contractual and equitable breach of confidence and copyright infringement brought by one Formula One (F1) race team operator against another

Cross-border sales: tension between copyright distribution rights and free movement rules

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • April 30 2012

Advocate General Jääskinen has concluded that there is a distribution by sale in a Member State if a seller targets consumers and enables the purchase of copyright-protected works in that State

Drug formulation patent found to be invalid in the United Kingdom but valid in other jurisdictions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2012

Mr Justice Arnold’s decision in Teva and others v Astrazeneca AB 2012 EWHC 655 (Pat) invalidated Astrazeneca’s patent for a sustained release formulation of the anti-psychotic drug quetiapine in the United Kingdom, on the grounds of obviousness, just days after the same patent was found to be valid in the Netherlands

International Chamber of Commerce UK cookie guide

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2012

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued guidance to help website operators and users understand and apply the changes to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 relating to cookies that will come into force in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2012

Working party opinion on the European Commission’s data protection reform proposals

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • April 30 2012

The Working Party on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data (the Working Party) has adopted an opinion on the European Commission’s proposals for reform of current data protection law