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Competition, antitrust and trade

Spain draws €194m line in Apple-Amazon brand protection and competition restriction ruling

Contractual terms at issue for competition regulator include 'brand gating' and competitor product ad restrictions
Competition, antitrust and trade

Significant changes to UK competition and consumer law proposed in Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Our video series looks at the impact of the changes on digital services being offered to consumers
Regulatory Outlook

Consumer law | UK Regulatory Outlook July 2023

European Commission launches a new consultation on its fitness check of EU consumer law | Updates on the EU Digital
Financial Services

UK boosts consumer protection against authorised push payment fraud

New rules on reimbursing victims are likely to have significant industry impact
Banking and finance

Is Quincecare retired or restrained by the UK Supreme Court's unanimous decision?

The ruling in Philipp v Barclays found that the bank did not owe a duty to its customer in authorised
Digitalisation

Neurotechnology advances pose discriminatory and privacy risks, warns the UK's ICO

The global brain-monitoring technology market could be worth $17.1bn by 2026 but will bring ethical and legal challenges
Dark patterns in Poland

Dark patterns continue to pose dangers in Poland and the EU's e-commerce sector

Consumers should not be subject to deceptive design during online shopping
Retail and Consumer

Polish watchdog investigates practices in the fast-moving consumer goods sector

Businesses face new legal challenges over dark patterns practices and need to take notice of consumer protection regulations
Retail and Consumer

Supermarket clash underscores need for clarity from UK Supreme Court on trade mark bad faith

Bad faith claim succeeded in ongoing dispute but trade mark and copyright infringement and passing off still found

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Use of trade mark for food supplements does not amount to genuine use for pharma products

Food supplements are not considered as a sub-set of pharmaceutical products in class 5 for proving genuine trade mark use
Regulatory Outlook

Competition | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2023

CMA launches review of artificial intelligence and competition law | Private litigation: the CMA clarifies its position | New bill
Retail and Consumer

Retail tech patent protection invalid due to prior disclosure in negotiations, UK court rules

UK patent monopoly over automated warehouse system invalidated in battle between Ocado and former tech supplier AutoStore