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HGS made a patent application for the human protein Neutrokine-alpha and the discovery of its underlying gene sequence. Eli Lilly challenged the patent application in the High Court and the European Patent...
Agent can act for competing principals under Commercial Agents Regulations – Rossetti Marketing v Diamond Sofa, High Court
S had been appointed as Diamond’s agent for the sale of Diamond’s leather upholstery products in the UK and Ireland. Four years later, S transferred its business to Rossetti. Shortly after the transfer,...
Government proposes new single consolidated Consumer Bill of Rights
UK consumer laws will be merged into a single consolidated law, according to Government proposals. Currently, there are 12 statutes and Regulations, some of which overlap. The UK will also need to bring...
European Commission consults on harmonised data breach notification rules
The revision to the E-Privacy Directive – which was recently implemented in the UK with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Amendment Regulations 2011 – has introduced European...
Supplier must replace faulty goods that consumer installed even if cost of doing so is disproportionate to original supply – Weber v Wittmer, Putz v Medianess Electronics, European Court of Justice
The European Union Directive on Certain Aspects of the Sale of Consumer Goods and Guarantees provides for consumers anywhere in the EU to have rights for goods to be repaired or replaced or have money...
Text of new Consumer Rights Directive published by European Parliament
The European Parliament has approved a proposed new Consumer Rights Directive. The original text was published in 2008, and had been intended to make consumer rights uniform across the European Union....
European Data Protection Supervisor critical of Data Retention Directive
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has criticised the Data Retention Directive in an opinion published in relation to the European Commission’s evaluation report on the Directive. The opinion...
European Commission publishes strategy for IP rights
The European Commission has published its strategy for intellectual property rights. There are some common themes with the Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report - in particular, ensuring that the economy...
ECJ consider “invitations to purchase” very widely and rules that it is an unfair sale unless certain key information is provided as early as in an advertisement – Konsumentombudsmannen v Ving Sverige AB, European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled as to the meaning of an ‘invitation to purchase’ under Article 2(i) of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (the Directive) and has clarified what...
European Commission sets out plans to give orphan works an online home
The European Commission has set out plans for a new European Union Directive in which orphan works can be digitised and made available online. Orphan works are copyright works that do not have an identified...