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Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed [2024] UKSC 17

marcuscleaver · Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed [2024] UKSC 17 In this episode, we examine the nature of the corporate veil in the context of trade mark infringements. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com

Lifestyle Equities v Amazon UK Services Ltd [2024] UKSC 8

marcuscleaver · Lifestyle Equities v Amazon UK Services Ltd [2024] UKSC 8 Did Amazon’s website in the U.S. breach the UK’s trade mark law by advertising goods for sale that could be delivered to the UK? uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com

[2023] UKSC 48 and 49

marcuscleaver · [2023] UKSC 48 and 49 In this double episode we cover a case about someone who got sick on holiday and then think about whether an AI should be considered to be an inventor. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com

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The Huawei and ZTE Litigation [2020] UKSC 37

marcuscleaver · The Huawei and ZTE Litigation [2020] UKSC 37 A breach of several patents raises questions about the operation of intellectual property law in the mobile phone market and the behaviour of certain Chinese companies. The Supreme Court decides on a range of issues

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Shanks v Unilever Plc [2019] UKSC 45

The invention of the electrochemical capillary fill device (ECFD) represented an important development for blood glucose sensors but the inventor, Professor Ian Shanks, never saw a penny himself. In this case we follow his bid to be compensated properly for his work and critique the

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Actavis Group v ICOS Corporation [2019] UKSC 15

The use of Viagra as treatment for erectile dysfunction is well known but there are alternatives that exist which arguably work more effectively. In this episode we examine a patent relating to the dosage used for one such alternative, Cialis. However in order to achieve

Actavis UK Ltd v Eli Lilly and Company [2017] UKSC 48

When Actavis took a new medical treatment to market, Eli Lilly thought it looked familiar. They had their own product that had been patented and the one from Actavis was only a slight variation. In this episode we explore the issues that arose surrounding intellectual

Winning A Legal Fight Against A Monkey

A smelly, screeching animal that throws its faecal material all over the place. This might be the way that many litigants think about their adversaries in court but for David Slater this was literally true. His case in the United States was listed as Naruto