Law-Now 01 Jun 2021 · United Kingdom

Some leaks can't be fixed

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London

Tom Scourfield

Partner

UK Chair of the Consumer Products Sector Group

London

Joel Vertes

Partner

Co-Head of Intellectual Property

London

Hannah Netherton

Partner

Amsterdam

Aukje Haan

Partner

Advocaat | Co-Head of the CMS Commercial Group | Head of Commercial and ESG, Netherlands

Stuttgart

Dirk Loycke

Partner

Rechtsanwalt | Co-Head of the Commercial Group

Cologne

Dr. Carsten Menebröcker, LL.M. (NYU)

Partner

Rechtsanwalt | Co-Head of the Intellectual Property Group

“Confidential information is like an ice cube... give it to the party who has no refrigerator or will not agree to keep it in one, and by the time of the trial you have just a pool of water.” This, from the so-called Spycatcher case (1987), applies well to...

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