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  • Court can grant relief from forfeiture of a finance lease of plant and machinery

    United Kingdom 21/06/1999
    Court has jurisdiction to grant relief from forfeiture of a finance lease of plant and machinery - On Demand Information plc v Michael Gerson (Finance) plc - 05.03.99 FACTS The plaintiffs leased video...
  • Aircraft: Rights of Detention

    United Kingdom 21/06/1999
    This note deals with some of the more common detention rights (which in some cases may also give rise to a right of sale), which may affect aircraft in the UK. The rights may arise under contract or at...
  • Issues on transposition of the IVD direcive

    United Kingdom 21/06/1999
    Christopher Hodges The Directive on IVDs was passed on 5 October 1998. Member States have until 7 December 1999 to implement it into their national legislation. Based on experience of the transposition...
  • European Witholding Tax

    United Kingdom 21/06/1999
    There has been much debate and speculation on the proposed new European Withholding Tax. It seems that one of the most disturbing features of the proposals is their vagueness. Such vagueness is disturbing...
  • European Commission outlines Action Plan for Single Financial Market

    United Kingdom 21/06/1999
    In May 1999 the European Commission outlined its policy objectives and specific measures it intends to adopt to improve the Single Market for Financial Services over the next five years. The Action Plan...
  • Unidroit Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment

    United Kingdom 21/06/1999
    Unidroit Unidroit is the international institute for the unification of private law. It was set up to co-ordinate the private law of its 58 member states. The international conventions drawn up by Unidroit...
  • Adventitious infringement; purposive construction; unclear claims; and experimental use

    United Kingdom 18/06/1999
    Occasional, adventitious infringement may not be enough to prove infringement! In Hoechst Celanese Corporation v BP Chemicals Limited the Court considered what proof of infringement was needed when occasional...
  • Remedies: Account of profits; revocation after settlement; right to continue prior use

    United Kingdom 18/06/1999
    Account of profits: not a good idea! In Celanese International Corporation v BP Chemicals Limited BP had been found to infringe a patent for “guard beds” for removing impurities from acetic...
  • SEC to raise barriers to US capital markets

    United Kingdom 18/06/1999
    The SEC has announced proposals to make it more difficult for foreign companies to use the Rule 144A exemption to US Securities Act registration requirements to tap the US capital market. The lengthy SEC...
  • Amendment

    United Kingdom 18/06/1999
    The rules ease? In Boston Scientific Limited v Palmaz the particular issue related to a patent, Palmaz 1, for Stents to be used in coronary angioplasty. Palmaz 1 was applied for in the EPO in 1986; granted...