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UK Intellectual Property Office issues new guidance on software patents

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 14 2009

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) issued new guidance (the Guidance) on how patent examiners will assess the patentability of software implemented inventions

Developing competition in the English and Welsh water markets the Cave Review's interim report

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 8 2009

What competition already exists in the English and Welsh (E&W) water industries?

European Parliament approves new Renewable Energy Directive

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union
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  • January 8 2009

Following protracted negotiations between the European Commission and European Council at the beginning of December 2008, the European Parliament officially approved the proposed new Renewable Energy Directive (the Directive) on 17 December 2008

Scottish planning legislation round-up

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 14 2009

The implementation of the Planning Etc (Scotland) Act 2006 continues apace with December bringing a raft of further changes to the Scottish Planning framework

The Planning Act 2008: an overview

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 14 2009

The Planning Act 2008 received Royal Assent on 26 November 2008

Ownership proposed for ultra long lease holders

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 6 2007

The latest offering from the Scottish Law Commission is their Report on Conversion of Long Leases into ownership, which follows on from a draft Discussion Paper on the subject, published in 2001

The European Ombudsman: potential for a competition role

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 6 2007

The European Ombudsman ("EO") cannot directly overturn European Commission (or other institution's) decisions but its role and potential impact should not be overlooked, as the current O2 investigation demonstrates

Judicial review of prosecution decisions and the right to life

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 5 2007

The recent high-profile case of R (on the application of da Silva) v Director of Public Prosecutions and the Independent Police Complaints Commission concerned a challenge to the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service ('the CPS') not to prosecute any individual police officer in the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

Chequered intellectual property outcomes for Lamborghini

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Global
  • -
  • May 6 2009

World-famous sports car manufacturer Lamborghini has been involved recently in two intellectual property-related procedures with contrasting outcomes

High-profile music disputes create feedback

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 6 2009

In recent months the music industry has seen high-profile intellectual property cases gain significant media attention, with a leading rock band and a guitar manufacturer involved in separate disputes