Legal Updates
Trademark balancing act: luxury brand protection versus reputational risk
Luxury brands can attract negative publicity for aggressively defending their trademarks, so striking the right balance is essential, write Freeths IP experts Iona Silverman, Dan Cahill and Kishan Pattni
Collective actions on the rise in the UK – a competition perspective
Morgan Lewis antitrust partner Frances Murphy says 2025 could be a defining year for competition class actions in the UK
Arbitration Act 2025: will the UK retain its crown as a global centre for arbitration?
Updates to the UK’s Arbitration Act bring clarity and ensures London remains well placed as a centre to resolve global disputes, write Stevens & Bolton lawyers Catherine Penny and Lorna Sleave
The Global Legal Post launches international comparative law guide to data protection
Co-edited by Bristow partners Mark Watts and Hannah Crowther, guide covers 35 jurisdictions
UK Arbitration Act receives royal assent to legal sector approval
Members of arbitration community welcome new law which aims to bring 1996 act up to date
The £14bn class action claim that dwindled to £200m: profession reflects on landmark Mastercard settlement
Ben Rigby reports on controversial resolution of eight-year, headline-grabbing battle over credit card fees
Staying the course on second medical use SPCs – UK Court of Appeal confirms alignment with CJEU in Santen
Herbert Smith Freehills’ Priyanka Madan reports on a case involving a Merck SPC which was keenly anticipated by both innovators and generic manufacturers
CAT approves Mastercard’s £200m class action settlement over credit card fees
Decision follows bid by claim’s funder to scupper deal struck with lead claimant Walter Merricks
All that’s glittering is green jewellery: innovation, reuse, recycling and protection
Remfry & Sagar’s Radha Khera discusses luxury’s green jewellery innovations and the protections keeping them safe in India
Deferred prosecution agreements are no get out of jail free card for individuals
Deferred prosecution agreements can penalise businesses for wrongdoing without them facing prosecution, but they don’t shield culpable individuals, write Grosvenor Law’s James Broomhall and Darius Latham-Koenig
‘Watershed moment’ for lookalike products as Aldi shot down at appeals court in trademark tussle with Thatchers
West Country firm Stephens Scown scores notable win for independent brewery as discount supermarket found to have taken unfair advantage of Thatchers' trademark
Cleary, Freshfields secure major wins for Amazon and Apple as CAT strikes down class action
First outright rejection of certification effectively tightens UK’s class action regime putting spotlight on independence of class representatives
Protecting luxury designs: originality and craftsmanship in UK and EU copyright law
Freeths’ IP experts Martin Noble and Eleanor Bradberry break down recent decisions in the THJ Systems and WaterRower cases
Amicorp to ‘vigorously defend’ $1bn fraud claim by Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB
Hong Kong-headquartered corporate services group responds to claim filed in BVI
Wage and hour cases are always in fashion
Misclassification lawsuits continue to be trendy in the fashion industry; Morrison Cohen lawyers Keith Markel, Alana Mildner Smolow and Kayla West discuss ways for retail employers to ensure compliance with ever-changing US overtime laws
2024 year in review: IP cases in Europe
From video games to VWs, Linklaters’ IP lawyers Pauline Debré, Bolko Ehlgen, Kathy Berry and Laetitia Nicolazzi look back at this year’s key IP cases across Europe and identify what to watch out for in 2025
‘Bitter pill to swallow’ for claimants as BT defeats landmark £1.3bn class action
Simmons scores victory for client in first opt out trial before Competition Appeal Tribunal
Sanctions and governing law in arbitration agreements: Enka revisited
UK Supreme Court’s willingness to grant an anti-suit injunction even when a foreign seat is selected shows court’s dedication to enforcing arbitration agreements, write Signature Litigation partners Ioannis Alexopoulos and Neil Newing
Shock Supreme Court trademark ruling finds Sky acted in bad faith in SkyKick dispute
‘Wide ramifications for brand owners’ as broad trademark specifications now more open to attack
New SEP Resource Hub – UK unleashes its innovative potential
The UK IPO is trying to make it easier for businesses to understand issues around standard essential patents and ensure fairness for all stakeholders, write Finnegan lawyers Yelena Morozova, Sarah Rodriguez and Nessa Khandaker
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