239 articles over 48 pages
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Reputational risk - how to deal with allegations against employees outside work
15 August 2012The difficult issue of when a dismissal for damaging an employer’s reputation can be fair was considered by the Court of Appeal recently. Reema Jethwa from our Employment Team considers this important case.
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Court of Appeal judgment clarifies holiday pay issue
07 August 2012A recent judgment has shed some much needed light on how employers must deal with payment in lieu of untaken holiday to employees who have been on long term sick leave prior to the termination of their employment. Peter Jones in the Employment Team explains.
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Seeing double? Honest concurrent use of the Budweiser trademark
01 August 2012Two companies have been using the “Budweiser” brand in the UK for decades. Liane Bylett in our Commercial Disputes Team looks at the latest battle over the “Budweiser” trademark concerning the issue of honest concurrent use.
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Full of Glee - Patents County Court Claimants can’t have their cake and eat it
31 July 2012If you want to take advantage of the benefits of claiming in the Patents County Court, claimants need to conduct the litigation in an appropriate manner, as demonstrated by the case of Comic Enterprises Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox which concerned Glee trademarks. Liane Bylett in our Commercial Disputes team considers the importance of this decision.
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Lady Gaga vs Lady Goo Goo - Spot the difference?
30 July 2012The High Court has ruled that the musical activities of the “Lady Goo Goo” character constituted an infringement of the Lady Gaga trademark, by applying the ECJ decision in Interflora v Marks & Spencer. This decision will provide comfort to trademark owners who believe that their brand is being imitated.