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UK Office of Fair Trading report on the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • March 9 2007

On 20 February 2007, the Office of Fair Trading (“OFT”) published a 120 page report on the regulation of the price of branded pharmaceutical products under the voluntary scheme that is periodically re-negotiated between the industry and the Department of Health, the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (“PPRS”

Life sciences patent litigation in the UK - a summary of calendar year 2006

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 9 2007

The life sciences sector continued to dominate the court lists in the UK in calendar year 2006

OFT accepts licensing of intellectual property rights as a suitable merger remedy and approves “upfront” purchaser

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 26 2007

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accepted undertakings by the Tetra Laval Group to licence intellectual property rights in cheese-making equipment as a suitable merger remedy in lieu of a reference to the Competition Commission under section 73 of the Enterprise Act 2002

The proposed UK Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network: points to consider

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 3 2007

The UK is already home to Europe's largest independent electronics design industry, representing almost 40 of Europe's independent design houses

Convergence, standards and the court's role as arbiter of essentiality

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 30 2007

Our mobile phones must be able to communicate with the phone networks

Special Effects Limited v (1) L'Oréal SA (2) L'Oreal (UK) Limited

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 26 2007

Can a defendant in infringement proceedings be prevented from counterclaiming that a trade mark registration is invalid if he has unsuccessfully relied on the same arguments in an earlier trade mark opposition?

O2 Holdings Ltd and O2 (UK) Ltd v Hutchison 3G Ltd

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 26 2007

O2 Holdings Limited (O2) a UK mobile provider brought an action against its competitor, Hutchinson 3G Limited (H3G), in relation to H3G’s television advertisement which compared its mobile phone service to O2’s mobile phone service

L’Oréal SA & Others v Bellure NV & Others (Lewison J; 2006 EWHC 2355 (Ch); 04.10.06)

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 26 2007

In another trade mark dispute involving L’Oreal in the UK, L’Oreal brought proceedings against Bellure and others claiming trade mark infringement, passing off and very unusually for a UK action, unfair competition

Game over for a 'powerful & energetic' internet seller?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2007

On 18 October 2006, Judge Fysh handed down judgment in a case between the Japanese electronics company, KK Sony Computer Entertainment & Anor ("Sony"), and a Hong Kong company, Pacific Game Technology (Holding) Ltd ("Pacific"

English High Court considers targeting of cross-border online activities

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • June 4 2007

In Dearlove v Combs, decided by the English High Court on 28 February 2007, Kitchin J had to consider whether a defendant’s online activities were targeted at the United Kingdom