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The IPO has announced that Adam Williams has been appointed Interim Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office.
Transformation update: firing on all cylinders / everything changes, everything stays the same.
The government has responded to its call for views on the designs framework.
The CMA is seeking views on its draft guidance for the operation of the Subsidy Advice Unit – which will have an advisory role in the UK’s new subsidy control regime.
Mark White, the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), held his second Annual Conference online on 28 September 2022.
Update for customers on disruption to IPO services
Christopher Browne of Scarborough was ordered to pay a £164,000 confiscation order within three months.
Urgent product safety warning to the public.
A review of competition in the road fuel market has found cause for concern in the growing gap between the price of crude oil when it enters refineries, and the wholesale price when it leaves refineries as petrol or diesel.
UK statements during the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council on 6 July 2022
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The acquisition of Ultra by Cobham has been cleared to proceed.
The CMA is investigating Amazon over concerns that practices affecting sellers on its UK Marketplace may be anti-competitive and could result in a worse deal for customers.
Although it is often overlooked, the Traffic Commissioners hear appeals regarding impoundings that the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have made. The three cases highlighted below, determined by Kevin Rooney, Traf…
The CMA has found that the merger of 2 firms that make foam used in products like bedding and cleaning sponges could lead to higher prices and less choice.
In a recent case, Kevin Rooney, Traffic Commissioner for the West of England, made the decision to not only revoke the licence of Mulholland International Limited and to find that Wendy Mulholland the licence holder and tran…
Consultations on the proposed acquisition of Meggitt plc, a UK aerospace company, by Parker-Hannifin have been launched today.
The Government has published its response to its consultation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence.
The CMA has provisionally found that 10 construction firms illegally colluded to rig bids for demolition and asbestos removal contracts.
Jonathan Scott considers the CMA’s experience in relation to competition enforcement and regulatory alternatives, underlining the importance of collaboration across the regulatory community.
The TRA has published its Report of Findings on the UK's steel safeguards measure and interim findings on a review of exceptions for developing countries
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