Intellectual Property Notes

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement and its impact on IP, Pharma and Medical Devices

Geographical Indications – a new scheme for the UK from 1 January 2021

UKIPO launches ‘AI and IP Call for Views’

Glaxo’s purple inhalers fail to get trade mark protection

3D Trade Marks: Further guidance from the CJEU regarding shapes necessary to give a technical result

COVID-19: Pressure points: UK Government disables domain names and social media accounts involved in selling fake or unauthorised COVID-19 products

COVID-19: Pressure points: COVID Counterfeits - combating counterfeiting, product replacement, misleading advertising and cyber crime in the current crisis

Herbert Smith Freehills’ IP Podcasts – Episode 4: Comparative Advertising

AG's Opinion in SkyKick maintains the case's chilling effect on enforcement of trade mark rights, pending clarity from the CJEU

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

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

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) …