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  • Further developments on competitive sub-underwriting of equity issues

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    The Director General of Fair Trading has given a final warning to the City that, unless greater competition is introduced, he will refer the subject of underwriting practices to the MMC. In the meantime,...

  • Attacks on validity and defending patents

    Royaume-Uni 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...

  • Banking and investment services: More state aid for Crédit Lyonnais?

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    b> The French government has just submitted a restructuring plan for State-owned Crédit Lyonnais. This is the third time the Commission has been asked to approve State aid to Crédit Lyonnais...

  • General corporate: Infringement proceedings

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    The Commission has sent reasoned opinions to Belgium, Ireland, Italy and Spain for maintaining what it thinks are obstacles to the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment. Sending...

  • Public procurement: Rejection of low tender unlawful

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    Main contacts: David Marks and Sue Hankey Rejection of low tender unlawful The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that an awarding authority cannot reject abnormally low tenders unless it follows...

  • Competition and trade law: German state aid unlawful

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    The Commission has decided that Germany's plans to extend investment allowance and special depreciation schemes to West Berlin amounts to unlawful State aid. However, the extensions will be compatible...

  • Intellectual property/telecommunications: Luxembourg delays Telecoms Directive

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    The Commission has allowed Luxembourg extra time to implement the Directive on full competition in the telecommunications markets. This Directive obliges Member States to abolish all exclusive or special...

  • Working patents - who can do it?

    Royaume-Uni 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...

  • Environment: Air quality

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    The first new ambient air quality limit values under the 1996 Framework Directive on Ambient Air Quality Assessment and Management have been proposed for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, lead and particulates....

  • Is digging a trench or doing other minor works sufficient to save a planning permission from expiring?

    Royaume-Uni 18.02.1998
    The point has come before the courts on various occasions and did so again in the case of R v Arfon Borough Council, ex p Walton Commercial Group Ltd (1997). The decision reaffirms a line of earlier decisions...

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