Tag: brands

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04 November 2019

Deepfakes: is seeing still believing?

03 June 2019

Challenges for the Consumer sector - Transformative Technology

11 March 2019

Misleading brand name ‘Glen Buchenbach’ infringes the registered geographical indication 'Scotch Whisky'

06 February 2019

Herbert Smith Freehills' global Trade Marks Practice lauded a 'formidable force' in WTR 1000 rankings

06 December 2018

Cadbury's colour purple trade mark can't be split

Clarity and precision in a trade mark description are the winners in the Court of Appeal Cadbury's attempt to argue its trade mark registration for the …

25 September 2018

Brexit "no deal" technical notices published on Patents, Trade marks, Designs, Copyright, GIs, and Exhaustion of rights

The latest tranche of "no deal" technical notices was released yesterday afternoon by the UK Government. Amongst them are several notices …

26 July 2018

THE TASTE OF FOODS CANNOT BE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT, SAYS THE AG

On 25 July 2018, Advocate General Wathelet issued his opinion in an interesting case pending before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) (C-310/17) …

18 June 2018

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 …

13 June 2018

UKSC judgment in Cartier – who pays for website blocking orders?

In a blow for rights-holders, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has today decided that ISPs should not bear the implementation costs for website blocking …

28 March 2018

Targeting Online Risk

In our latest publication in our Future of Consumer series on issues facing the Consumer sector, we look at some of the online risks …

27 March 2018

UK Government agrees elements of the European Commission's proposals for post-Brexit protection of EU-wide IP rights in the UK in the latest draft of the Withdrawal Agreement

In the latest draft of the Withdrawal Agreement (19 March 2018) the UK Government and European Commission negotiators appear to have agreed text …

19 March 2018

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 …