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Access to funding

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, USA
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  • January 18 2013

During the financial crisis in 2008-2009, banks severely limited the financing that was made available to borrowers. The response of banks to the

Subject matter eligibility across US, Europe and China a devil’s triangle for trans-global specifications

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China, European Union, USA
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  • May 31 2011

The United States continues to provide liberal eligibility for business and computer implemented processes, with no strict machine requirement

José Rivas interviews Joaquín Almunia

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, USA
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  • March 21 2011

Amongst the varied topics covered in this interview we highlight the following topical issues: Fines and Damages for Competition law infringements; the interplay between Competition law and IP; the enhancement of international cooperation; and enforcement as a guarantor of consumer welfare

Software and business method patents recent leading European and US decisions

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, USA
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  • August 11 2010

Recently we have had two long-awaited decisions on the patentability of software and business methods

SWIFT developments

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Belgium, European Union, USA
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  • February 3 2010

SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, was established in Belgium in 1973, and subject to Belgian law

EC report on US trade barriers

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, USA
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  • October 16 2009

The European Commission has produced a report on US trade and investment barriers said to prevent EU exporters from drawing effectively on the full potential of EU-US trade relations

US to challenge the EU's tariff treatment

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, USA
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  • May 27 2009

On 23 September 2008, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body established a WTO panel, requested by United States ("US"), together with Japan and Chinese Taipei, following the failure of formal consultations between the US and European Union ("EU") in resolving the dispute regarding EU’s imposed tariff policy for several categories of new-generation high technology products

Online intermediary liability

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, USA
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  • February 4 2009

The last 18 months has seen renewed interest in the liability position of online intermediaries and internet service providers

Additional customs duties for US products exported to the EU prior to first application of those duties?

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany, USA
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  • August 8 2008

The German Court of Appeal recently lodged a reference for a preliminary ruling in the case J.E. Tyson Parketthandel GmbH hanse j. v Hauptzollamt Bremen (Reference number C-13408) regarding the question of whether products exported from the US prior to the date of first application of the additional customs duties, but after the date of entry into force of the applicable Regulation, are subject to additional customs duties

Rambus resurgent

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, USA
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  • June 2 2008

In the past few years, the European Courts have had to consider closely the issues raised by standardisation in the field of mobile telecommunications, but the first headlines on the subject in the sector actually related to standards at the more fundamental level of solid state memory designs