Tuesday, 19 May, 2020

Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to Stay all Possession Proceedings

The Court of Appeal has now held in the case of Arkin v Marshall [2020] EWCA Civ 620 that the stay on possession proceedings for 90 days until 24 June 2020 imposed by Practice Direction 51Z (PD 51Z) is lawful and can only be lifted in exceptional circumstances.

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Thursday, 14 May, 2020

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Patent Strategies to Help Stop Bad Actors on Amazon

As bad actors increasingly market copycat and competitive products on Amazon and other online marketplaces, manufacturers should consider using their patent portfolio as another tool to defend their brand and control online sales.

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Thursday, 14 May, 2020

Edwin Coe LLP

MEES Re Rural Properties

Since 1st April 2018 under Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) private rented properties could only be rented out to new tenants if the property had a minimum energy efficiency rating of E.

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Thursday, 14 May, 2020

Obermayer Rebmann

New Guidance on Borrower’s Good Faith Certification on Necessity of PPP Loans

Yesterday, the United States’ Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) issued additional guidance clarifying a borrower’s good faith certification that the economic uncertainty made the borrower’s Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan request necessary to support ongoing operations.

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Wednesday, 6 May, 2020

Smith Anderson

Willfulness Not Required for Recovery of Trademark Infringer’s Profits

On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a long-unsettled issue in trademark law, holding that Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act enables a trademark owner to recover the profits earned by an infringer without proving that its infringement was willful.

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