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The Second Financial Market Stabilization Act
Marius A. Boewe,Carsten Flasshoff,Simon G. Grieser,Kai Liebrich,Jörg Wulfken,Heinrich von Bünau, February 10, 2012
The German Parliament (Bundestag) and the Bundesrat have resolved the 2nd Financial Market Stabilization Act (2nd FMStG, the Act). It will soon come into force. The Act empowers the Financial Market Stabilization Fund (SoFFin) again to provide stabilization measures according to the Financial...

10 Things That Those Looking To the UK as A Location for R&D and Commercialisation Should Know About the Patent Box Proposal
Sandy Bhogal,Ben Fryer,Sangeeta Puran, February 8, 2012
On 6 December 2011, the UK Government released draft legislation detailing its proposal to introduce from 1 April 2013 an optional preferential regime providing for a reduced 10% UK corporation tax rate for profits arising from patents (and other limited forms of qualifying IP, such as rights...

Premier League Copyright Infringed But High Court Calls Time on Anti-Competitive Contracts
Mark A. Prinsley,Gillian Sproul, February 8, 2012
Following the recent landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the UK High Court has ruled that using decoder cards imported from other Member States to show live Premier League football matches in UK pubs constitutes a “communication to the public” and can...