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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 …

EU Digital Copyright Directive - European Parliament adopts amended text

In the second reading of the Digital Copyright Directive by the European Parliament on 12 September 2018, the controversial Articles 11 and 13 were …

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) …

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 …

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 …

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 …

UK High Court rules on copyright and joint authorship: "useful jargon", "helpful criticism" and "minor plot suggestions" are not enough

Summary and key findings The UK High Court, in Martin v Kogan, ruled, on 22 November 2017, that the defendant's contribution to the screenplay for the …

CJEU RULES THAT A CLOUD BASED SERVICE FOR REMOTE RECORDING IS A COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC AND SO MUST OBTAIN THE RIGHTS HOLDERS' CONSENT

This is a further case which reinforces the importance and strength to rights holders of the right to communicate a copyright work to the public provided …

UK HIGH COURT RULES ON COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF TV FORMATS FOR GAME SHOWS

Summary The High Court of England and Wales decided on 19 October 2017 that a particular television format document did not qualify for copyright …

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 …