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Shnuggle case improves designers’ IP rights

I recently wrote about how a case heard in the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court (Response Clothing Limited -v- Edinburgh Woollen Mill Limited [2020] EWHC 148 (IPEC))

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Is copyright riding to the rescue of designers?

The legal protection of designs for three dimensional objects is a complex area of UK law. In order to ascertain whether such designs are protected requires an examination and understanding of registered and unregistered design law (both at EU and UK level) and copyright. None of these rights are the same and all have different governing rules.

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SKYKICK - the most important trade mark case in the past 10 years?

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) recently handed down its preliminary ruling in Case C-371/18 Sky plc and others -v- SkyKick UK Ltd and another.

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Second hand e-books infringe copyright in Europe

We generally never think twice about whether buying a second hand book is illegal or not.

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Trade marks - protecting your valuable business assets

Trade marks are important tools for all businesses and, in a competitive market, distinctive trade marks help a business differentiate its goods and/or services from those of another. Watch this video to find out more.

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Who owns the IP?

Ownership and inventorship of patents

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Ashfords LLP strengthens its intellectual property offering with new partner hire

Law firm Ashfords LLP has strengthened its highly-reputed intellectual property practice with the hire of renowned IP lawyer Clare Jackman.

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What you need to know if the UK leaves the EU on 31 October 2019

We suspect that many of our readers may still be unsure as to what effect there will be on their IP rights if the UK leaves the EU at the end of October, pursuant to a ‘hard Brexit’.

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The New European Union Copyright Directive

Plenty of column space has been devoted to new EU copyright legislation that significantly increases the infringement risk levels for websites or app business hosting user-posted content (essentially any site with a comments section).

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Where Angels (or trade mark lawyers?) Fear to Tread

For many years now it has been possible to register “unconventional” marks as registered UK and EU trade marks.

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