In this post, Rachel Free (Partner), Toby Sears (Partner) and Omri Shirion (Associate) of the CMS Intellectual Property team, preview the UK Supreme Court’s upcoming hearing of Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. This case concerns the treatment under the Patents Act 1977 (the “1977 Act”) of inventions created by artificial intelligence […]
President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv, Japan announced a generous financial aid package, and a “people’s court” put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial for the crime of aggression Monday as the war with Ukraine followed up the one-year mark with no end in sight. Biden also announced an additional $500 million […]
CALL FOR PAPERS ILPC Annual Conference 2022 – Online Safety in a Connected World We are pleased to announce this call for papers for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s 7th Annual Conference on 17-18 November 2022 hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and supported by the School of Advanced Studies (SAS) […]
On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 1999 Foxpace Limited (“Foxpace”), the Fourth Respondent, owned a property known as Nash House in London. This appeal concerns an oral agreement between Foxspace and Mr Barton, the First Respondent, regarding the Nash House. In the High Court it was held that Foxspace agreed to pay Mr Barton £1.2 […]
Author: Rosalind English The Online Safety Bill is currently making its way through the House of Commons, having reached the report stage in July. The bill’s concept of “legal but harmful” is controversial, and has attracted criticism from high places, not least of all former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption. Lord Sumption joins Rosalind English […]
Two years after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, his administration continues to advance Trump-era legal positions in dozens of court cases, a progressive watchdog group revealed Friday. Former President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) “consistently made a mockery of the law throughout his four years in power,” the Revolving Door Project (RDP) noted in […]
F1 legend Michael Schumacher was referred to in a major court case in India over the “living will” argument, where a brief update on his condition was given. The German driver was used as an example in court where they gave a brief update on his current condition. Schumacher’s family has been kept very private […]
On appeal from [2020] EWCA Civ 1521 The Appellant (“Blacks”) rented commercial retail premises from the Respondent (“S&H”) under two successive leases dated 2013 and 2018 (the “leases”). The leases stated that S&H as landlord should provide a certificate each year “as to the amount of the total cost and the sum payable by the […]