Key legal issues for start-ups and entrepreneurs
Starting and running a business comes with its fair share of challenges and opportunities. As an entrepreneur, your focus is…
Commercial
New protection for customers to supply contracts
As a result of the Corporate Insolvency Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) coming into force at the end of June, existing…
AI regulation in the UK
What is the UK’s approach to AI regulation
After years of discussion and debate, significant developments in AI regulation have…
Passing off and infringement of trade marks
The dangers of launching new brands
The recent decision in Equisafety Ltd v Battle has shown the dangers of launching…
Webinar: AI: Understanding the legal and regulatory landscape
We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming webinar on Artificial Intelligence – Understanding the Legal & Regulatory Landscape…
Patent application – can my AI machine be the inventor?
Dr Thaler, made a patent application for a UK patent and named an AI machine as the inventor.
The background…
How to use restrictive covenants in commercial contracts
What are restrictive covenants?
Restrictive covenants are contractual clauses which protect one party’s (the beneficiary’s) key commercial interests. These covenants…
Choosing your business or brand name – key legal guide
Whether you decide that your brand will be plain block type, stylised or a logo, in colour or black and…
Emma Butcher
About Emma
I joined Moore Barlow in November 2023 as a newly qualified solicitor in the commercial department. I have…
Passing off and trade mark infringement
Background to Equisafety Ltd v Battle, Hayward and Bower Ltd and Dewey
This recent decision in the equestrian sports sector…
Webinar: Business contracts: how can you ensure that they deliver?
Make business contracts work for you – an essential ingredient to ensure the smooth running and protection of your business.…
The Coronation Emblem: ‘royalty free’ usage and restrictions
How are you planning on celebrating the King’s coronation on 6th May 2023? Whether you are attending a street party or…
Licensee successfully argues for an implied term in a Formula One case
In a recent decision, the English High Court has, unusually, agreed with a licensee that it was entitled to an…
How to train your AI Dragon
The rapid increase in AI tools can create works of art, prose, music and film has raised concern in the…
Help from the courts with ransomware
The valuable intellectual property of businesses in the tech sector, alongside their potential service roles and access to sensitive customer…
Common mistake and the allocation of risk
One key purpose of a contract is to allow enforcement and performance of what has been agreed between the two…
Understanding employee data and GDPR: A guide to data protection compliance in the UK workplace
Subject to any big Brexit changes in the near future, the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) together…
What Is ESG – Environmental, Social, and Governance – and where did it come from?
The recent COP27 conference has been another reminder of the importance to us all of sustainability and the drive to…
Partner hire bolsters Moore Barlow commercial and technology team
Southeast-based law firm Moore Barlow has announced the appointment of Belinda Walters as a partner in its commercial and technology…
Solent sailing regatta hits £1 million charity donations milestone
The Moore Barlow Silicon Cup Regatta, an annual yacht race between Port Solent and Cowes on the Isle of Wight,…
Webinar: How are businesses harnessing artificial intelligence?
We partnered with Business Leader to host a webinar which looks at how businesses are utilising artificial intelligence (AI) and…
The Moore Barlow Silicon Cup Regatta continues to raise funds for charity
The IT industry’s biggest sailing event is again creating a fantastic opportunity for networking and team building while fundraising for…
Virtual reality check –The use of VR in the medical sector
The global augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality VR (collectively referred to here as “VR”) market reached 28 billion…
Unmasking anonymous reviewers
Zuru -v- Glassdoor
What is Glassdoor and how does its business model work?
Glassdoor is a US-based website operating in…
Tailoring your approach to disputes
Disputes over sums of money can be expensive to resolve, so selecting the right approach is really important to achieving…
Excluding and limiting liability in commercial contracts
This guidance note provides a brief outline on key points to think about in relation to exclusion and limitation clauses.…
Understanding early termination fees in B2B telecoms: Is an early termination fee enforceable?
The pandemic and its impact on B2B telecom contracts
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rumble on and whilst the Government…
Can an AI system be named the inventor?
The growing developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) are having fundamental effects on the worlds of business, technology…
Alice Reeves
About Alice
I am a solicitor supporting the firm’s Commercial team based at our Southampton office.
I graduated from the…
Sending unlawful direct marketing messages – is it worth the fine?
The Information Commissioner has recently fined We Buy Any Car, SportsDirect.com and Saga a total of £495,000 for sending over…
Webinar: Intellectual property and artificial intelligence
As the worlds of business and technology continue to collide, spurred on by all the developments due to COVID-19, Moore…
Don’t bet on your exclusion clause – lessons learned from Green v Betfred
The recent High Court decision of Andrew Green and Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited t/a Betfred is a useful reminder of the…
Indemnities in Technology Contracts
Most suppliers of software and other forms of technology accept that they must indemnify customers if they breach third parties’…
Moore Barlow advises BANAIR (Holdings) on its acquisition of Bright Structures Limited
BANAIR is a growing UK based engineering group with manufacturing in the UK and Poland, and sales markets mainly in…
Webinar: Business contracts and technology
Moore Barlow’s Commercial & Technology law held a webinar on important recent legal developments affecting the drafting and negotiation of…
Webinar: Funding and exploiting your company’s innovation and IP rights
It is estimated that for most SME’s more than 50% of their value resides in intellectual property or other intangibles.…
Supply chain contracts: Are you up to speed with new insolvency rules?
Recent changes to insolvency law have had a major impact on supply chain contracts across the industry. John Warchus, takes…
Where does the end of the Brexit transition period leave IP rights owners in the UK?
It is welcome news that the UK has finally secured a reasonably comprehensive Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with the…
The privacy shield is illegal
On 16 July, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the mechanism that allowed the transfer…
Are your trade marks ready for Brexit?
Given the recent (and ongoing) business upheaval caused by COVID-19, many businesses can be forgiven for failing to focus on…
Webinar: New corporate insolvency rules – What are the risks and opportunities?
The UK Government has recently introduced new legislation to help directors and businesses deal with threats from creditors in these…
Webinar: Artificial Intelligence Technology
How artificial intelligence products and tools can enhance and add value to your business.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used…
Business contracts: best by design, not by accident
The massive disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many more people working from home resulting in the…
Government guidance for commercial contracts impacted by Covid-19
Through the Cabinet Office, the government recently published its guidance on responsible contractual behaviour in the performance and enforcement of…
Smartphone contact tracing and data privacy: the Isle of Wight experiment
On Tuesday 5 May, the government made available the trial of the NHS contact tracing app (“test, track and trace”)…
Directors’ difficult decisions during the COVID-19 lockdown
What can directors continue to do to ensure good governance of their business?
The directors of companies in the UK…
Trade mark strategies in a pandemic outbreak
As with all significant events, novel viruses being no exception, people capitalise on ideas for products and services that could…
John Warchus
About John
I am a specialist in all areas of commercial and technology law and provide advice to clients in…
The corporate veil: an overview and update from recent cases
What is the “corporate veil”?
A key feature of a limited company under English law is that it exists as…
Scaling Up for Success
Moore Blatch has recently partnered with Smith & Williamson to deliver a series of four Scaling up for Success seminars in…
UK and EU competition rules for distribution agreements
UK and EU competition law prohibits anti-competitive agreements between businesses. There are heavy penalties for infringements. When setting up a…
Getting out of onerous contracts – The Brexit effect
Whatever your views on Brexit, the ongoing saga is recognised in many quarters as being bad for UK Plc due…
Google hit with largest GDPR fine of £44 million
Earlier this year, Google was fined £44 million (50 million euros) by the French data regulator for breaching the data…
Moore Blatch advises Crave Interactive Limited on its investment from Thailand’s True Corporation
Moore Blatch has advised Crave Interactive, the world-leading developer of cloud-based digital guest service solutions for hotels, on its major…
Data breaches by rogue employees – employers still liable: Vicarious liability applies
The Court of Appeal recently upheld a decision of the High Court that found Morrisons Supermarkets vicariously liable for the…
Is Privacy Shield still adequate for data transfers to the US?
In July 2016, the European Commission formally adopted Privacy Shield, a new framework for exchanges of personal data between the…
Case in focus: Goodlife Foods Limited v Hall Fire Protection Limited
A recent case ‘Goodlife Foods Ltd v Hall Fire Protection Ltd’ has once again shown that the courts often place considerable importance…
Are you GDPR compliant?
From 25 May 2018 the largest ever overhaul of UK data protection law will take effect that all organisations must…
The rise of the autonomous vehicle… the long road ahead
When Leonardo De Vinci first sketched a rough blueprint for a self-propelled cart 500 years ago could he have imagined…
How to make your IT outsourcing contracts work for you
For thousands of businesses across the UK, outsourcing IT provides greater value, a better return on investment and peace of…
Moore Barlow celebrates record year in Legal 500 rankings
Moore Barlow, a top 100 law firm with offices in Southampton, Lymington, Richmond and the City of London, has been…
Moore Blatch advises on acquisition of Phoenix Software by Bytes Technology Group Limited
Leatherhead based major Microsoft reseller Bytes has acquired public sector focused Phoenix, one of the most established UK IT resellers.…
Brexit will not save you from new EU data protection rules!
On 25 May 2018, the largest ever overhaul of data protection laws in the EU will take effect. Businesses must…
Moore Blatch advises on Poole based Blue Chip Data Systems sale
Leading national IT services company Blue Chip, which has its head office in Poole, Dorset has been acquired by major…
Moore Blatch advises the Sellers of Inframon Ltd on their sale to Ensono Limited
US IT Service provider Ensono has acquired Reading based specialist cloud service provider Inframon, with legal advice being provided by…
Facebook and others lose $500 million virtual reality headset case
A US Court has recently ordered social media site Facebook, virtual reality headset developer Oculus, the co-founder of Oculus and…
A summary of the new General Data Protection Regulation
The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become directly applicable in all member states on 25 May 2018. It…
Spinning out without falling over
When a spin-out company is successful the results can be spectacular. In 2014 Zynga Inc acquired NaturalMotion, a leading games and technology company…
Moore Blatch advises on SecureData’s purchase of Cygnia Technologies
SecureData, a leading cybersecurity services and solutions provider, has acquired cybersecurity company, Cygnia Technologies Ltd, with the legal advice being…
Richmond based graphics trailblazer sold to Malaysian online photo provider
Directories Today Ltd, one of the UK’s leading online sellers of graphics and text fonts, has been purchased by Malaysian…
Moore Blatch support the sale of Hamble River Deacons Boatyard to Dean & Reddyhoff
South coast marina operator, Dean & Reddyhoff Ltd, has announced the purchase of Solent based Deacons Boatyard and Marina from…
Mobile communications technology IP company receives significant funding
AccelerComm Ltd, a company specialising in mobile communications technology, has received significant investment from leading intellectual property commercialisation company IP…
Moore Blatch advise on Sky deal with Chrysalis Vision
The team behind the long running Midsomer Murders franchise, who in 2014 founded Chrysalis Vision, has received a significant investment…