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Unite ordered to disclose details of its users for a second time after failing to do it properly first time round – Manish Patel v Unite, High Court

8 February 2012 | Simon Weinberg

During the British Airways cabin crew strike, Mr Patel had acted as a volunteer cabin crew member. Allegedly as a result of his actions, he was the subject of defamatory allegations posted on a forum on...

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EC investigates Samsung for abuse of dominant position over enforcement of essential patents

8 February 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The European Commission (EC) has opened an investigation into whether Samsung has distorted competition in the mobile phone industry in relation to patents that it owns. In 2011, Samsung pursued injunctions...

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Government invites businesses to comment on company law regulations

8 February 2012 | Richard Phillips

In the most recent instalment of its “Red Tape Challenge”, the Government has asked businesses to give their opinion on company legislation, with the aim of reducing the burden of regulation on UK...

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Barrister struck off by Bar Standards Board owned Newzbin

7 February 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Newzbin2, an illegal file-sharing and download website that BT was ordered to block access to in October 2011, has been in the news regularly in the last year or so. Now it has been revealed that the barrister...

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Specsavers seeing better now after appeals against Asda upheld – Specsavers International Healthcare Limited v Asda Stores Limited, Court of Appeal

6 February 2012 | Simon Weinberg

In 2010, the High Court was asked to consider whether a marketing campaign and rebranding by Asda in relation to its optician service infringed trade marks held by Specsavers. Many of Specsavers’ claims...

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A Defendant who delays making an application to set aside judgment does so at their own peril….

6 February 2012 | Justine Ash

Back in February 2011,  I wrote a blog entitled ”Warning to Claimants!.. The Court can and will set aside Judgment entered in Default where the Claimant has failed to file a certificate of service and...

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FSA publishes guidance for businesses to avoid unfair contract terms

6 February 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The Financial Services Authority (the FSA - the financial services regulator in the UK) has issued guidance on the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, which are intended to limit unfair...

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Mediation and Costs – Update

3 February 2012 | Justine Ash

In the recent case of PGF II SA v OMFS Company and another [2012] EWHC 83 (TCC) the Technology and Construction Court (“TCC”) has considered submissions that a party should not have Part 36 costs awarded...

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“32″ and “red” marks appeal rejected by Court of Appeal – WHG (International) Ltd v 32 Red Plc, Court of Appeal

3 February 2012 | Simon Weinberg

In February 2011, the High Court ruled that two European Community Trade Marks for the “32RED” word and a figurative trade mark comprising “32” and “red” had been infringed by “32Vegas”...

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Will European Stem Cell Ruling Stifle Research?

2 February 2012 | Mark Tudor

My commentary on patenting stem cell techniques was published by LexisNexis and is available to view here.

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