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Serious Fraud Office recovers dividends paid to innocent parent company for bribes paid by foreign subsidiary without parent’s knowledge

20 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Serious Fraud Office has successfully tried a new tactic in its enforcement of bribery and corruption laws. It has recovered the £130,000 in dividends paid to Mabey Engineering (Holdings) Limited...

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“The Patent Cliff – Lipitor goes over the Edge”

12 December 2011 | Laura Mole

As the largest ever number of patents protecting the pharmaceutical industry’s most profitable “blockbuster” drugs are set to expire, for India and China it’s going to be a very merry Christmas...

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Murky trade mark mess as German Merck takes action against Facebook for US Merck use of Facebook page

25 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Merck KGaA has applied for a court order to receive information from Facebook after the German drugs giant claims to have discovered that the social networking site had allegedly allowed its American pharmaceutical...

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HMRC reminds consumers of extra sales and customs taxes and duties that they have to pay when buying goods from abroad taxes and duties that they have to pay when buying goods from abroad

14 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

HMRC has issued a statement in which it said that it wanted to remind consumers that certain sales and import taxes and duties may apply when they buy goods or receive gifts that have come from abroad....

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European Commission sets out plans for 28th contract regime

31 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has set out its plans for the 28th contract law regime. Rather than replace national contract laws, the 28th regime would work as an alternative to a Member State’s contract laws....

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UK cheapest and most popular place for international arbitration disputes

5 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The United Kingdom has come out as the cheapest place in the world to hear international arbitration disputes. It is also the most commonly chosen venue. The results are surprising as London has a reputation...

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Repackaged pharmaceutical products do not need to bear repackager’s name – Orifarm v Merck, European Court of Justice

29 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Orifarm were parallel importers of Merck’s pharmaceutical products, importing products that had been legitimately put onto the market of another European Union Member State. Merck objected to the fact...

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European Commission consults on EU-wide copyright licensing system

23 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission is consulting on its plans to create an EU-wide copyright licensing system in which copyright owners would make their works available across borders in exchange for payments through...

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UK blank media firms may have to pay copyright levy for private copying in other EU States – Stichting de Thuiskopie v Opus Supplies Deutschland GmbH, European Court of Justice

8 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Court of Justice has issued a judgment that would mean that UK suppliers of blank CDs and other recording media could have to pay a copyright levy on any sales that they make into any European...

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Art Attack

8 July 2011 | Shimon Shaw

It was reported in yesterday's Telegraph (7/7/11), under "Now the EU wrecks Britain's art market" that sellers of works of art by European artists who have died in the past 70 years will need to pay royalties...

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