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Two recent publications have shed light on the use of consent to place cookies on website users’ devices. The Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (the “AP“), has published guidance… Read more →
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The article was originally published by The Times on 28 February 2019. Asda-Sainsbury’s CMA decision shows that fight for a deal is getting more competitive Jonathan Cornthwaite’s comments are mentioned… Read more →
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This article was originally published by the LawInSport on 8th August 2018 | Authored by: Dan Parkes. While Roger Federer has triumphed on hard courts, clay courts and grass courts,… Read more →
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Welcome to the Summer edition of our In Counsel publication In this update we will outline the most recent legal developments affecting your business, in particular, the implications of the… Read more →
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Partner and Head of our IP & Commercial Team, Michael Gardner, has had his comments on the Formula 1 trade mark row published by The Independent. Speaking of 3M’s suit… Read more →
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Following the meteoric rise of Block Chain, IP & Commercial Partner and Head of IT Law, Adam Edwards, has explored some of the risks surrounding the ‘Crypto-craze’ for IT Pro… Read more →
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It is not so often that the official press release about an EU case opens with the words ‘A supplier…can prohibit…’. After all, the EU tends to disapprove of internal… Read more →
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Following an earlier decision in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court[1], the Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal against a declaration of invalidity in respect of the word trade mark… Read more →
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There are plenty of things to worry about when planning a merger. But top of the worry list must be the possibility of governmental or regulatory intervention, either to block… Read more →
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IP & Commercial Partner, Jonathan Cornthwaite, has written an article on the “collaborative minefield” of IP in creative industries, for Bloomsbury Online. Jonathan, who recently co-authored a book entitled “Copyright:… Read more →
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Following the consultations in July and September of last year (see our Autumn 2017 In Counsel), the Takeover Panel (the Panel) published its response statements on 11 December 2017 along… Read more →
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Authors, designers or other creatives working together on a project is common-place in many industries. However at what point do these contributions give rise to claims from individuals that, along… Read more →
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Partner and Head of IP & Commercial, Michael Gardner, has had his comments published in Forbes following American conglomerate, 3M’s, trademark dispute over Formula One’s new logo. On the subject,… Read more →
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Partner and Head of IP & Commercial, Michael Gardner, has had an article published in Spear’s Magazine on the Merck case, that recently reached England’s Court of Appeal. On protecting a… Read more →
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Jonathan Cornthwaite, Partner in our IP & Commercial team, has co-authored a new book, entitled A User’s Guide to Copyright (Seventh Edition). The book has been described by it’s publishers, Bloomsbury, as “one… Read more →
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Appeal court rules against London Taxi Company, which claimed exclusive right to shape of its cars in order to thwart rival firm Please click on the links below to read… Read more →
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From the consumer standpoint, price comparison websites save time and effort by simplifying the tiresome task of shopping around for the best deal. But they can also be very good… Read more →
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Last week, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) issued consultations on bills that govern data protection and essential infrastructure. The pages of Silicon UK have covered the… Read more →
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It is often said that a picture conveys more than a thousand words. In the world of brands, the same can be said of colours. Colours and colour schemes provide… Read more →
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In Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (In Administration) v Exxonmobil Financial Services BV [2016] EWHC 2699 (Comm) the High Court considered what is meant by the phrase ‘close of business’. The… Read more →
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on 25th may, 2018. when its provisions become binding law, the GDPR will escalate data protection to corporate board level topic, thanks… Read more →
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Failing to comply with new rules on data is becoming a dangerous risk, Wedlake Bell partner James Castro-Edwards warns companies holding personal data. The two year ‘sunrise period’ expiring in… Read more →
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A stream of recent rulings from both UK and EU courts has demonstrated how crucial evidence of trade mark use – or lack of such evidence – can be to… Read more →
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There has been much attention over the bank holiday weekend about what allegedly happened on the evening of 26 April when the British PM, Theresa May met with Jean Claude-Juncker… Read more →
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Wedlake Bell is pleased to announce that Kim Lalli has been elected as the firm’s Senior Partner. This will be for a four year term that begins on 1st January… Read more →
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Wearable technology is increasingly recognised as a means to deliver a wide range of benefits to businesses. Recently, insurance providers have recognised ways of using data generated from wearable technology… Read more →
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Television broadcasting has been transformed by the march of digital technology. Channels such as ITV, which lost their near-monopoly on TV advertising long ago, need all the revenue they can… Read more →
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Businesses often complain that competition law is difficult to understand. There’s a lot of truth in that. But some things are clear; and the stream of fines that the Competition… Read more →
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This court of appeal case, handed down on 16th February, concerns a subject access request (‘SAR’) made under s.7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (‘DPA’). It has the effect… Read more →
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This article summarises a recent trade mark judgment in the English High Court illustrating the legal problems that can arise when branded goods are traded and/or advertised across the internal… Read more →
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The Court of Appeal has issued a potentially important ruling in the Vidal Hall v Google internet privacy case that could have significant implications for all organisations that are “data… Read more →
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Two recent decisions – one in the English High Court and one in Europe – have served as a timely reminder of the difficulties inherent in choosing descriptive words as… Read more →
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In a recent decision, the Court of Justice for the European Union has addressed whether providing a hyperlink can be an act of infringement under the EU Copyright Directive. Simple… Read more →