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  • Competition and trade law: Draft notice on relevant market

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    The Commission has published a draft Notice explaining how it applies the concept of relevant product and geographic markets for the purposes of EC competition law. It is first necessary to identify what...

  • Working patents - who can do it?

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    Co-owners - how can they work the patented invention? In Henry Brothers (Magerfeld) -v- Ministry of Defence the Court considered the rights of co-owners under Section 36(2) Patents Act 1997 which provides...

  • Amendment of patents

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    You can amend a patent, even if the attack on validity is withdrawn In Lars Eric Norling -v- Eez-Away (UK) the Court held that, even though the defendants had withdrawn an attack on validity, once validity...

  • Contaminated Land Regime - an outline as to the direction in which this issue may be heading, based on indications given by the Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions 1

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    Contaminated Land Regime - latest news Pamela Castle reviews progress We have been in contact with an official from the Contaminated Land Unit at the Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions...

  • Commission Communication on the Second Banking Directive

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    After nearly two years of consultation, the Commission has finalised its Communication on freedom to provide services and the general good in the Second Banking Directive (89/646/EEC). Its intention is...

  • Attacks on validity and defending patents

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    "Parametritis" - or the obscure claim Raychem Corp's patent In Raychem Corp's patent (see also pages 8 and 9) there was a petition to revoke four patents with a total of 110 claims. 39 were originally...

  • Time to pay closer attention to Stamp Duty

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    Stamp duty has rarely been regarded as a "serious" tax and comparatively little effort has gone into mitigating it. This is likely to change following the introduction in the Budget of the 2% charge for...

  • Competition and trade law: Proposal on state aid

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    The Commission has tabled a draft Regulation on certain categories of horizontal State aid. Horizontal State aid is aid not directed at a specific company or industrial sector in a particular country or...

  • Insurance: State aid to GAN

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    The Commission has allowed a State aid injection of ECU 15.7bn (£23bn) in return for the restructuring of the State-owned French insurance group GAN. The Commission has demanded that the French government:...

  • Hedgerows Regulations 1997

    Reino Unido 18.02.1998
    From the 1st June 1997 hedgerows will enjoy the protection of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997 if long enough, old enough and important enough. The regulations require a 'hedgerow removal notice' to be served...

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