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Peter Stevens traces the recent history of compensation awards for employee inventors
A professor who invented a device vital to diabetes treatment has won a landmark patent case on the determination of ‘outstanding benefit’.
The resale of e-books is unlawful under EU law, according to an Advocate General’s opinion.
The famous Adidas three-stripe branding is not a valid trademark because it lacks a distinctive character, the European Court of Justice has ruled, in adidas AG v EUIPO (Case T-307/17)

There are more ways of considering digital property than there are commentators, as Roderick Ramage explains

Private prosecutions are taking off as a useful way to protect your brand & products, as Matt Bosworth explains

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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