Bristows' Podcast

Litigation experts Toby Headdon and Victoria Baron discuss the level of compensation assigned for low value data breaches and privacy related claims as they're rising across all different sectors.  What is the type of damages that can be recovered for breaches of data protection law? What challenges will all those involved face in these types of claims? In this episode they’ll look at a few k...

A recent trade mark dispute, heard before the IPEC, covering the law on bad faith and threats in Fox Group International Ltd and Teleta Pharma Limited was handed down on 23 June 2021. The parties deal in aesthetic and cosmetic products and the case is a cautionary tale for brands, to always check that suspect goods are, in fact, infringing their marks. Abigail Wise discusses the background and con...

In this final episode of our Bristows’ Designs and Copyright Review of the Year podcast series, Toby Headdon and Jake Palmer discuss the impact of Brexit on some core intellectual property rights. How has Brexit impacted UK copyright law, database rights and trade marks? “The UK has sought to plug any gaps in trade mark protection arising as a result of our departure from the EU.”

Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor review the repercussions of Brexit within the IP world in this final episode from our Review of UK and European Trade Mark Cases podcast series. What are the main changes to trade marks and what should brand owners be thinking about to make sure they are fully protected in the EU and the UK? Tune in to hear their recommendations.

 In this episode of the Review of UK and European Trade Mark Cases podcast, Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor discuss Parallel Imports and Platform Liability as decided by the CJEU in Coty v Amazon. Coty alleged that two Amazon group companies were committing trade mark infringement.

In this episode of our Bristows’ Designs and Copyright Review of the Year podcast series, Lucie Fortune and Milly Wickson explore the decision which was handed down in November 2020 in the UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, or IPEC, concerning some ‘body-enhancing’ jeans – Freddy SPA v HUGZ Clothing. They pay particular focus to the allegations of UK unregistered design right infringement...

In this episode of the Review of UK and European Trade Mark Cases podcast, Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor review the High Court’s decision in relation to Photobox’s use of FREEPRINTS in respect of a free printing app.  They cover what the High Court considers when assessing whether trade mark infringement had occurred and also provide their key take away from the case. 

Continuing on with our Bristows’ Designs and Copyright Review of the Year podcast series, Toby Headdon and Charlie Hawes focus this episode on the decision of the Court of Appeal in The Racing Partnership v Sports Information Services.   This is a particularly interesting case as it concerns commercially valuable data - in this instance sports betting data. 

In this follow-up episode of our podcast series on patent settlement agreements and competition law, Sophie Lawrance and Helena Connors will cover the key takeaways from the Court of Justice’s long-awaited judgment in Lundbeck . Missed an episode? Find our latest podcasts and videos here . For more information on the work we do, see our patent litigation and competition litigation practice area pa...

In this episode of the Review of UK and European Trade Mark Cases podcast, Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor review Monster Energy’s recent opposition to Robot Energy Limited’s application for the mark HYBRID in a stylised form, covering class 32.

In this episode of Bristows’ Designs and Copyright Review of the Year podcast, Andy Butcher and Sukanya Majumdar discuss the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgment of September 2020 in the Recorded Artists Actors Performers Ltd case.

Tim Heaps and Sara Sefton discuss the landmark CJEU decision in Brompton Bicycle handed down in June 2020. It’s a case in which the courts give consideration to whether copyright applies to technical designs. Over the course of this podcast, they explore how this is very much a judgment that focuses primarily on the requirement of originality for copyright subsistence.

Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor provide the latest guidance on jurisdiction and without notice applications in their latest podcast. In this episode, they focus on the recent High Court judgment of easyGroup Limited v Easyfly S.A. 

The first podcast in a series linked to our annual review of design & copyright cases for 2020.  Sean Ibbetson and Marc Linsner discuss the High Court decision in Response Clothing v Edinburgh Woollen Mill, as well as the implications of the CJEU decision in Cofemel .

Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor lead this discussion on the General Court’s decision which discussed an application to invalidate Louis Vuitton’s chequerboard trade mark. 

Pat Treacy and Erik Müürsepp round up our podcast series on patent settlement agreements and competition law with a look at some practical considerations for those involved in the negotiation and drafting of patent settlement agreements. Starting with common mistakes which may inadvertently lead to issues from a competition law perspective, Pat and Erik discuss some of the issues that frequently a...

In episode six of our podcast series on patent settlement agreements and competition law, Sophie Lawrance and Olivia Henry discuss the pro-competitive effects that may be associated with patent settlement agreements, the extent to which they are relevant to the assessment of whether Article 101(1) has been infringed ‘by object’ and why this matters. Listen to our previous podcast: Restrictions of...

In short: quite a few! Sophie Lawrance , Katie Cambrook and Helena Connors lead this penultimate episode in our podcast series on the competition law issues arising in relation to patent settlement agreements. In this episode, they look ahead and discuss  some of the outstanding points which may arise in the context of patent settlement agreements but which have not yet arisen in any of the cases...

In the third episode of our podcast series, Sophie Lawrance and Katie Cambrook provide some key insights into the identification of the “relevant market” and the assessment of whether the parties to a patent settlement are competitors.  As well as setting out the basics, they explore some of the nuances – touching on the particular difficulties associated with identifying the relevant market in a...

In the fourth episode of our podcast series on patent settlement agreements and competition law, Edwin Bond introduces  the concept of restrictions of competition ‘by object’ under Art 101 TFEU. During this podcast, Edwin explores the distinction between ‘by object’ and ‘by effect’ restrictions; the  diagram below helps illustrate a few examples of types of conduct that typically – although not al...

Pat Treacy presents episode five in our podcast series regarding the competition law issues associated with patent settlement agreements.   In this episode, Pat considers the role played by, inter alia , no-challenge clauses in patent settlement agreements and, in anticipation of the Court of Justice decision in Lundbeck later this month, the circumstances in which they may give rise to competitio...

Value transfers are a common feature of patent settlement agreements. For example, under a patent settlement agreement, the alleged infringer (often a generic company) may agree to pay damages and/or future royalties to the patentee (if the settlement also results in a licence). Other forms of payment, such as a contribution to the litigation costs of either party, may be made to enable a settleme...

Today we kick off our new podcast series, in which we will be exploring the competition law issues associated with patent settlement agreements.  Following the Court of Justice’s judgment in Generics UK (‘Paroxetine’) last year and in eager anticipation of its ruling in Lundbeck (‘Citalopram’) later this month, we will be examining the current status of the law and highlighting practical tips for...

Bristows' Brands, Designs & Copyright group introduce our upcoming publications - Trade Marks Review of the Year and Designs & Copyright Review of the Year .  Toby Headdon , Abbie Wise and Stephanie Taylor talk through why we're changing the format of our launch to a podcast series as well as case law and developments we will cover. Trade mark cases include: Louis Vuitton's...

Faye Harrison and Rosalie Hayes talk about deepfakes and facial recognition technology and discuss how they can hurt both privacy rights and even our trust into the media, law enforcement, and politics.   Tune in to listen to our data protection experts debate on the potential solutions to balance freedom of expression and enforcement against fake content; dos and don'ts of using facial recog...