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Eastern Promise for the UK’s Food Manufacturers?

9 September 2011 | Mark Archer

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is encouraging UK food and drink manufacturers to develop export links with China by supporting the British presence at its leading 2011 exhibition, FHC China, which...

Trial date set for second ever corporate manslaughter prosecution

24 August 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

Following a preliminary hearing earlier this month, storage product manufacturer Lion Steel Equipment and three of its directors will stand trial for corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter...

Tags on this discussion: Corporate manslaughter Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act Cotswold Geotechnical health and safety Health and Safety at Work Act Lion Steel manslaughter

Corporate manslaughter – second company faces prosecution

21 July 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

Following the successful prosecution of Cotswold Geotechnical (Holdings) Ltd for corporate manslaughter earlier this year (click here and here), a second company is now facing prosecution following the...

Tags on this discussion: Corporate manslaughter Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act Cotswold Geotechnical health and safety Health and Safety at Work Act Lion Steel manslaughter

NetTV decision over liability for deliberate repudiatory breach considered by High Court together with right of first refusal, whether rights are waived while negotiating following material breach and very narrow interpretation of limit on liability clause – AstraZeneca v Albemarle International, High Court

20 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

When drafting a contract, parties often attempt to exclude or limit their liability by inserting a particular clause into the contract. Such a clause is known as an exclusion clause. Certain forms of exclusion...

Tags on this discussion: agreement agreements breach breach of agreement breach of contract clause commercial commercial agreement commercial agreements Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial law consequential loss contra proferentem contract contract breach contract termination contracts damages direct loss exclusion clause exclusion of liability first refual fundamental breach heads of loss High Court indirect loss liability limitation limitation on liability loss loss of profits losses material breach NetTV pharma pharmaceutical remedies remedy repudiatory breach right of first refusal serious breach supply agreement supply agreements supply contract supply contracts terminate termination test for repudiatory breach waiver

Court deems similar designs derived from claimant’s product and another source not to infringe claimant’s – Albert Packaging v Nampak Cartons, High Court

8 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick | 1 comment

This case surrounds the design of tortilla wrap cartons. AP made and sold packaging for the product. The cartons had been supplied by an intermediary who subsequently used NC to do it. AP claimed that...

Tags on this discussion: Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1998 design design right design right infringement design rights design rights infringement designs High Court infringement Intellectual property intellectual property law intellectual property rights IP IP infringement IP law unregistered design right

Capital Allowances Warning

3 June 2011 | Shimon Shaw

Businesses that are planning capital expenditure in the short to medium term need to be aware of changes to capital allowances for plant and machinery acquired on or after 1 April 2012 (for companies)...

Tags on this discussion: capital allowances HMRC tax Taxation

Grocery Retailers Beware – the Supermarket Ombudsman is on his way!

12 April 2011 | Mark Archer

Ed Davey, the Junior Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills announced in a debate in Parliament last week that the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill will be laid before Parliament as soon as possible....

Tags on this discussion: commercial agreement commercial contracts contract law contracts

Government launches ‘Red Tape Challenge’ in order to reduce unnecessary regulation

7 April 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

The Government has launched today (7 April) its “Red Tape Challenge”, a website-based project aimed at identifying - and scrapping - unnecessary regulations. The Government is calling on interested...

Tags on this discussion: Budget business deregulation Employers Plan for Growth red tape Red Tape Challenge regulations

Finders Keepers?

31 December 2010 | Paul Gershlick

To read this article on intellectual property in the manufacturing industry, please follow this link.

Tags on this discussion: Intellectual property

Remedies for Infringement of UK and EU Registered Designs to be harmonised

8 December 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The UK’s Intellectual Property Office – the body in charge of maintaining the registers of intellectual property rights in the UK – is consulting on harmonising the effects of infringing registered...

Tags on this discussion: design designs EU Europe European Community European Union harmonise infringement Intellectual property Intellectual Property Office intellectual property rights IP IP infringement IPO registered design UK unregistered design right

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