Introduction Previously, I wrote regarding the Innova Medical Group Inc (Innova) and the government contracts…
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Confidentiality matters – employees
Introduction Employee confidentiality is a subject frequently taken for granted. Previously, I wrote of confidentiality…
Intellectual property and R&D
Introduction Frequently with transactional R&D, consideration of the intellectual property (IP) position, as well as…
Out of control – Innova lateral flow test
Introduction Project Moonshot was the government’s polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mass testing programme for SARS-CoV-2,…
Confidentiality – the poor and distant relation of intellectual property
Introduction In September, I advised in arbitration proceedings, in which the issues surrounded the subject…
English courts can determine FRAND terms for portfolios of standard essential patents
Introduction The Supreme Court has handed down its first judgment concerning the obligations upon the…
COVID-19 – intellectual property and innovation in the life sciences
Introduction The UK government is one of the biggest investors of potential vaccines against Covid-19,…
Reflections on plagiarism in the context of designs
Background Recently, I acted for a student seeking to overturn a finding of academic misconduct,…
Insurance concerns: the life sciences sector
Background Next year, I will have been qualified as a barrister for 30 years, and…