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Jane Lambert One of the most important cases of 2017 was the Supreme Court's decision in Eli Lilly v Actavis UK Ltd and Others   [2017] Bus LR 1731, [2017] UKSC 48.  That case is important for two reasons. First, it re-struck the balance that the law has to strike between the needs of inventors for reasonable protection for their inventions, competitors in the industry for certainty and clarity as to what they can and cannot do and the general the general public for reasonable competition much more favourably to inventors.  Secondly, the Court considered for the first time topics such as the "doctrine of equivalents" and "file wrapper estoppel" that are familiar to US judges and lawyers but not to their colleagues in this country. I wrote about that case in  The Supreme Court's Judgment in Eli Lilly v Actavis UK Ltd and Others: how to understand it and why it is important   13 July 2017 NIPC Law. My case note received a lot of hits and favoura...

Crown Copyright Open Government Licence Jane Lambert For those who have never heard of the National Infrastructure Commission , I described it as an executive agency of the Treasury consisting of a chair, a deputy chair and 9 commissioners (see Jane Lambert  Partnering for Prosperity: A new deal for the Cambridge- Milton Keynes-Oxford Arc   21 Nov 2017 NIPC East), Its purpose is to offer impartial, expert advice and recommendations to the government on economic infrastructure which includes energy, transport, water (drainage sewerage and flood management) and digital communications. Its objectives are to support sustainable economic growth across all regions of the UK and improve competitiveness and the quality of life. Lord Adonis was the chair of that Commission  and his resignation earlier today  is not good news for the regions.  That is because they look to the Commission to secure the funding that they need for the improved tr...