19.11.2024
As part of our continued investment in our people, we are delighted to announce the upcoming launch of a new Universal Parental Leave policy, which will be effective as of 1 January 2025.
Providing 26 weeks’ full pay to all employees when they welcome a child into their family – regardless of the parent’s
25.09.2024
EU and UK competition law expert, Sean-Paul Brankin, has been quoted in Global Competition Review’s article, ‘CMA clears Microsoft/Inflection AI, confirms broad merger powers’.
The piece summarises that ‘Microsoft’s close relationship with Inflection AI does not raise competition concerns’ but the ‘hiring of Inflection AI employees constitutes a merger’, thus gaining attention from
05.09.2024
We’re continually looking to ensure we share our insights in the most engaging, and reader-friendly, way. With this in mind, we wanted to let you know that after 10+ years, we have decided to retire The CLIP Board, and transition all future articles to our Inquisitive Minds competition channel.
Please visit for articles not
09.08.2024
London, UK, 9th August, 2024 – We are delighted to welcome Julian Darrall, who joins the firm as Partner in our media disputes team. Julian joins Bristows from TikTok, where he was Head of Litigation EMEA.
Julian has a wealth of experience in the media disputes sector, both as in-house counsel (TikTok, Associated Newspapers)
28.06.2024
Last week, Bristows filed an infringement action in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on behalf of our client, Winnow Solutions Limited, a UK company operating in the waste management sector.
The filing – made to The Hague Local Division in English – is a positive reflection of the continued, and increasing, presence of UK
26.06.2024
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The NHS’ Health Research Authority (HRA) recently published its draft template Investigator Initiated Study Agreement (IIS Agreement)1 and called for comments on the draft.
According to the HRA, and in a similar way to the other model agreements used for other types of clinical trials conducted in the UK, the IIS Agreement is
13.06.2024
Intellectual property partner Liz Cohen has been quoted in the Financial Times article “Europe’s unified patent court draws companies seeking one-stop shop.”
The article discusses recent updates from the “Judges’ Corner” meeting – where the group iron out issues and ensure operations are running as they should. The Financial Times stated “By most accounts,
Our IP expert looks at Lidl Great Britain Limited and Anor. v Tesco Stores Limited and Anor. [2024] EWCA Civ 262
30.05.2024
This article first appeared in the Intellectual Property Forum journal, published by The Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. Jake Palmer, “Current Developments – Europe: United Kingdom: Lidl
24.05.2024
Forgive the poetic licence but it feels like almost every week a new agreement for a clinical combination therapy lands on our desks.
Drug combination therapy has been a popular approach to clinical research and treatment for decades now, with many notable successes showing improved treatment response for patients or the reduction of adverse
29.04.2024
Intellectual property expert Charlie French has has been quoted in the Financial Times’ article “Covid vaccine makers to clash in London over mRNA patent dispute” and Law360’s article “Pfizer, Moderna Set To Tee Off Over COVID-19 Vaccine Patents.”
Both articles discuss the High Court trial of the patent litigation between Moderna and Pfizer and BioNTech