The city of Munich has failed to revive its "Oktoberfest" trademark protections over beer glasses and clothing after a European Union appeals panel ruled that the sign is too descriptive of the festival-inspired style of the goods.

French energy management giant Schneider Electric SE confirmed on Friday that it is in preliminary talks with U.S. infrastructure software group Bentley Systems Inc. over "a potential strategic transaction."

Prince Harry and others suing the U.K. arm of Rupert Murdoch's media empire won their battle to avoid a preliminary trial on whether their claims were brought too late after a judge refused Friday to push the case back, ruling the main trial should go ahead as planned. 

The Coventry Building Society is offering to buy the Co-operative Bank for £780 million ($970 million) in a move that comes after the two revealed in December that they were in exclusive talks to merge.

The Unified Patent Court gave an early signal this month about its willingness to make proceedings transparent by agreeing to let an outside lawyer see pleadings in a high-profile case, but some lawyers warned that the court had not gone far enough to guarantee openness at the new court.

Williams & Co. Solicitors cannot block 134 property investors from bringing a joint negligence claim over failed property development projects because U.K. laws say "in plain English" that multiple parties can join a claim, a London appeals court ruled Thursday.

A female police inspector has won the chance to relaunch her equal pay battle against London's police force, with an appeal tribunal ruling Thursday that she had an arguable case that the force's part-time pay scheme discriminated against women.

Womble Bond Dickinson advised the Post Office to "suppress" key documents from the court "for as long as possible" in a case brought by wrongly prosecuted sub-postmasters, according to correspondence disclosed at the inquiry into the scandal Thursday.

A barrister told an employment tribunal on Thursday that the head of an English criminal chambers put him through "absolute hell" by bullying him and trying to end his career before expelling him from the chambers.

Keystone Law Group PLC reported on Thursday that its revenues rose by 15% to nearly £88 million ($110 million) in its latest financial results, fueled by "sustained" demand from clients for advice across all practice areas of the business.