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Brexit: Intellectual Property
Whatever future relationship the UK has with the rest of the EU, the effect of the Great Repeal Bill, once enacted, will mean that any existing …
CJEU rules that comparative advertising based on prices in shops of different sizes and formats may be unlawful and misleading in certain circumstances
Further to a reference from the Paris Court of Appeal in a case between Carrefour Hypermarchés SAS and ITM Alimentaire International SASU, the CJEU has …
The Rubik's Cube to lose its shape mark protection
Joel Smith and Sarah Burke have had an article published in OUP's Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice: "The Rubik's Cube to …
Out ‘plumb’: High Court of England and Wales considers the honest concurrent use defence to trade mark infringement
Joel Smith and and Mitchell Beebe have had an article published in OUP's Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice "Out ‘plumb’: High Court …
Patent and Pharma Update, January 2017
Our regular patent and pharma update aims to keep you informed of recent developments in United Kingdom and European law relating to patents and the …
Brexit - what IP issues to consider now
We set out our thoughts and predictions upon how protection and enforcement of IP in the UK may be impacted once Brexit arrives. We have also suggested …
The UPC open for business in 2017? Minister for IP announces that UK will ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement
At yesterday's meeting of the Competitiveness Council, Minister of State for Intellectual Property Baroness Neville-Rolfe announced that the UK …
Free Wi-Fi providers: more than mere conduits?
The effect of the European Court of Justice’s ruling in McFadden v Sony appears to be that providers of free wifi will need to password protect …
Trade Secrets in a post-Brexit world
In their article for PLC Magazine (October 2016), Joel Smith and Jessica Welborn discuss the continued importance of the consistent and effective …
Hyperlinking to material on the internet – CJEU expands on the circumstances when it may amount to copyright infringement
In a further key decision on hyperlinking and copyright, the CJEU has held that creating hyperlinks may be a communication to the public and so may …
The Trade Secrets Directive - consistency of approach required, with or without Brexit
In her Editorial for the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, Rachel Montagnon (our IP professional support consultant) discusses the …
From 28 July 2016 section 52 CDPA repeal will mean copyright will be extended or revived in the UK in many industrially manufactured articles
Section 52 Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 provided for a reduced term of copyright protection for artistic works which had been industrially …
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