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• Budget 2024: key tax announcements - With tax as a percentage of GDP at a record high, one might have expected more in the way of tax giveaways in the Budget.
• Amazon off target as Supreme Court dismisses appeal - We look at the Supreme Court’s key findings on the issue of targeting.?
• Bristows' SnippITs – [Exclusion] Clause and Effect: Courts uphold broad exclusion for loss of profits - This post is the latest in the Bristows’ SnippITs series, which pulls together the key practical takeaways from recent court decisions for the tech sector and beyond.
• Getty Images UK claims against Stability AI to proceed to full trial - This article first appeared in the Intellectual Property Forum journal, published by Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.
• MHRA grants first medicine approval via the new International Recognition Procedure - For the very first time, the MHRA has a granted a UK marketing authorisation (UKMA) for a medicine through its new International Recognition Procedure (IRP).?
• Irides: Weekly patent litigation update - Read the latest edition of our round-up of patent litigation news highlights from around the world.

• You, me & the UPC: Early trends and statistics - In our fourth episode of You, me & the UPC, our patent litigation experts, Naomi Hazenberg and Charlie French, cover the early statistics and trends emerging from the first eight months of the UPC.
• Tech M&A - Podcast: Adtech M&A - In the latest episode of our Tech M&A series, Jamie Drucker and Richard Swaine look at the regulatory challenges facing Adtech companies and consider how commercial and legal diligence - and approach to transaction risk - in Adtech M&A may have to refocus in the light of those challenges.
• The Roadmap - Managing the inevitable – tactics when facing a troubled project - Our experts Toby Crick and Anneke Pol discuss how to manage projects as they start to go wrong to try and avert failure, avoid disputes and work out a sensible way forward. They consider the importance of contractual change mechanisms, open but carefully managed dialogue, judicious use of escalation mechanisms and, if at all possible, having some flexibility when pricing the deal.

• Patent Review of the Year - To mark the release of our annual Patent Review of the Year publication, you are invited to register your interest for our in-person seminar on Wednesday 13 March 2024.
• Trade Marks, Designs & Copyright Review of the Year - To mark the release of our annual Trade Marks, Designs & Copyright Review of the Year publications, you are invited to register your interest for our in-person seminar on Tuesday 19 March 2024.
• The EU AI Act: What it means for US companies doing business in Europe - Bristows’ AI regulatory experts,?Chris Holder?and?Charlie Hawes, will be hosting two webinars covering the key takeaways from the EU AI Act for US and Asian companies doing business in Europe, respectively.
• Digital Transformation Project Masterclass Series - Join us to learn the latest market positions, how to reduce time-to-contract and achieve robust agreements geared for success with truly practical drafting hints and tips, all from our team of top-ranked experts sharing real-world examples.

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