EU institutions are aiming to reach an agreement on the final form AI Act through ongoing trilogue negotiations by the end of 2023.
The AI Act takes a risk-based approach and categorises AI systems into four risk levels:...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has recently ruled that the private copying exception contained in the Information Society Directive (the “Directive”) applies to works stored in space made available to...more
In what is likely to be the final judgment of an English Court as a Community Design Court, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (“IPEC”) has ruled that Austrian shoe manufacturer Giesswein infringed the registered...more
In light of a possible no deal Brexit, businesses need to consider the impact such a scenario would have on their intellectual property rights, in particular trade marks, designs, patents and copyrights. For the majority of...more
10/10/2018
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Copyright ,
Corporate Branding ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) ,
Fashion Branding ,
Grace Period ,
Graphic Designs ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Orphan Works ,
Patents ,
Supplementary Protection Certificate ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
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UK Brexit ,
UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) ,
Unified Patent Court ,
WIPO
The European Commission has produced a draft withdrawal agreement (the “Agreement”) chartering the path of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. In the coming weeks, the Council of the European Union and the Brexit Steering Group...more
3/14/2018
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Commercial Use ,
Community Designs ,
Copyright ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) ,
Hague Convention ,
Industrial Design ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Madrid Protocol ,
Plant Patents ,
Priority Rules ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO)
The UK government triggered Article 50 on 29 March 2017. However, there is still little clarity on the repercussions of Brexit for European Union trade marks (EUTMs), including the issue of non-use. ...more
On 19 June 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered a judgment in the ongoing seven-year legal battle between Karen Millen Fashions and Dunnes Stores in Ireland.
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The UK High Court handed down its judgment in the long running Google AdWords case, Interflora v Marks and Spencer on 21 May 2013. Mr Justice Arnold has found that Marks and Spencer's bidding on various INTERFLORA trade marks...more