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Are family funds a threat to private equity funds?

McDermott Will & Emery
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United Kingdom, USA
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November 28 2012

For most of the past two decades, private equity funds have had only two types of competition: strategic investors and each other

Social media privacy around the globe

McDermott Will & Emery
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Burkina Faso, China, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, USA
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November 28 2012

As the popularity of social media and information sharing grows, so too does the importance of that shared data to employers

The extent of patent coverage in offshore waters: a comparison

McDermott Will & Emery
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South Africa, United Kingdom, USA
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April 5 2012

Patents are often said to be defined by their claims and, as such, are analogous in the parlance of real property to the “metes and bounds” of a deed to real property

Differences between English and US law: choose your words carefully

McDermott Will & Emery
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United Kingdom, USA
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April 5 2012

The choice of governing law for a contract between parties from different jurisdictions is a vital decision

UK Supreme Court steps into line with Europe, but rejects U.S. approach

McDermott Will & Emery
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European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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November 30 2011

The UK’s highest court recently considered the provisions of the European Patent Convention (EPC) centering on the “susceptible of industrial application” requirement in the context of a patent describing a DNA sequence for a new protein, Neutrokine-α, which was a member of a group of similar proteins known as the TNF ligand superfamily

Fast-moving developments in Middle East prompt changing trade sanctions

McDermott Will & Emery
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Libya, Syria, United Kingdom, USA
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October 7 2011

Fast-moving developments in the Middle East and North Africa have resulted in the swift imposition of new U.S. and EU trade sanctions

UK Supreme Court holds that U.S. copyright claims are justiciable in English courts

McDermott Will & Emery
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United Kingdom, USA
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September 30 2011

The UK Supreme Court has held that Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets are not sculptures due to their utilitarian nature and consequently do not constitute artistic works under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA

New sanctions against Libya

McDermott Will & Emery
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European Union, Libya, United Kingdom, USA
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March 4 2011

In response to the increasingly violent response by the Qadhafi regime to the protests and revolution occurring in Libya, the international community has responded with a series of new trade sanctions against Libya aimed at Colonel Qadhafi, his family and associates, and his government