Intellectual Property Notes

New German Trade Secrets Act Enacted

Challenges for the Consumer sector - Transformative Technology

Data Assets - Protecting and Driving Value in a Digital Age

JAPAN-EU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT NOW IN FORCE

The Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, the largest free-trade agreement between Japan and the EU (aka Japan-EU Free Trade Agreement or JEFTA) …

France adopts a confidentiality regime for the trade secrets relied upon in (patent) litigation

As part of the French Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets dated 31 July 2018, French lawmakers have finally adopted a long-awaited array of …

TRADE SECRETS - SHORT VIDEO ON THE IMPACT OF THE NEW UK REGULATIONS IN IP AND EMPLOYMENT CONTEXTS

Here's a short video made for Practical Law, in which Herbert Smith Freehills IP and Employment Professional Support Consultants, Rachel …

TRADE SECRETS: NEW EU RULES IN FORCE IN ITALY

Italian Legislative Decree 63 - 11 May 2018, implementing Directive (EU) 2016/943 on trade secrets, entered into force on 22 June 2018. The Italian legal …

Trade Secrets - added protection in force

The Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018 (the "Regulations") came into force on 9 June 2018 and transpose Directive (EU) 2016/943 (the …

CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT TRADE SECRETS (ENFORCEMENT, ETC) REGULATIONS 2018

The Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018 (the "Regulations") are intended to be in force by 9 June 2018 to transpose Directive (EU) …

Innovation Disruption and Technology - the legal and commercial issues for your business

Drawing on our practitioners' experience and understanding of the intellectual property and technology issues facing our clients in the fast changing …

New Unjustified Threats Regime in force from 1 October 2017

Threatening proceedings for intellectual property right infringement can sometimes backfire. In relation to patents, trade marks and designs, there is a …

More flexibility to threaten IP proceedings in the UK under new Unjustified Threats legislation

See our updated posting on the new Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 published on 28 September 2017 in anticipation of the Act …