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IP analysis: TVIS has successfully appealed the finding that its claim for infringement under section 10(2) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994)...
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has added the TikTok Shop to its guidance on how intellectual property rights (IPRs) are protected on various...
The Council of the EU has adopted the revised Directive on the legal protection of designs and the amended Regulation on community designs, with the...
This week's edition of IP weekly highlights includes: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from the world of IP. These...
IP analysis: On 30 September 2024, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Lenovo against an order by Mrs Justice Bacon dated 23 May 2024, denying...
Intellectual property, innovation and the environmentClimate change and loss of biodiversity are significant and urgent challenges. There is an...
Prevention of corruption and bribery clauses in public sector contractsBoilerplate provisions in public sector contractsThis Practice Note looks at...
New and emerging technology—protection and enforcement of intellectual property rightsThis Practice Note focuses on the IP aspects relating to the...
Intellectual property and spare partsThis Practice Note is intended to provide a summary as to how spare parts are dealt with for the main IP rights...
Remedies for infringement of registered or unregistered design rightDesign protection in the UKDesigns are capable of being protected in a number of...
Intellectual property noticesGeneral IP Notice© Copyright [business name] [year eg 2022]. All rights reserved.[Trade mark]® is a [registered] trade...
Assignment of intellectual property rights (asset purchase) (short form)This Agreement is made on [insert date] (the Commencement Date) between the...
Patent assignment—pro-assignorThis AGREEMENT is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under...
Patent assignment—pro-assigneeThis DEED is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number...
Trade mark policyIntroductionWe [insert company name] own and control a number of trade marks which enhance and protect the value of our brand(s) and...
Introduction to passing offUnlike many other countries, the UK has no unfair competition law. Brand owners seeking to prevent competitors from...
Copyright infringement—remediesThis Practice Note covers the remedies available for copyright infringement.The remedies available in cases of...
Intellectual property international treaties and conventionsIP laws are almost always national in nature. However, there are many conventions and...
Introduction to revocation of patentsPatents may be revoked, that is, taken off the register of patents, if it is decided that they are invalid in...
Joint ownership of intellectual property rightsWhen parties collaborate on creative projects or research and development, complex questions arise...
Exploiting intellectual property rightsIP rights are only valuable if they make money for the business. Even if they are used in the business, a...
1 Intellectual property rights indemnity 1.1 The Supplier shall defend the Customer against any third party claim that...
Commercial use of fonts and typefacesTypefaces are a key component of a brand’s identity, using a unique typeface helps a business to distinguish...
Sub-licensing intellectual property rightsAn intellectual property (IP) owner may choose to license its IP to a third party. This can be an effective...
Copyright—authorship and ownershipThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) defines the author of a work as the person who created it....
Patent term, renewal and restorationThis Practice Note explains how long a patent lasts, how it must be maintained by renewal in order to last that...
Moral rightsThe nature of moral rightsThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) confers a number of personal rights on authors that are...
Civil and criminal remedies for intellectual property infringementThis Practice Note provides an overview of the civil and criminal remedies which can...
Defences and exceptions to trade mark infringementThe registration of a trade mark gives the owner the exclusive right to prevent others from using...
Parallel importsScopeThis Practice Note explains trade mark law on parallel trade. Parallel imports, or ‘grey market’ goods, are genuine goods that...
Trade mark assignment and licensingTrade marks can be exploited in a number of ways. They might be directly exploited by a trade mark owner (ie by...
Copyright infringementThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) gives the copyright owner exclusive rights in the UK to carry out...
IP rights and semiconductorsBackground to semiconductorsA semiconductor is essentially any material which has electrical conductivity and can thus...
A copyright owner (and performer) has certain economic rights that is rights which can be exploited for economic gain.
Parallel imports, or ‘grey market’ goods, are genuine goods that are placed on the market by, or with the consent of, the rights holder but are imported for sale into a particular market without the right holder’s consent. They are not counterfeit or 'black market' goods.
A property right which is granted in relation to certain performances and which grants both exclusive right and other rights to the owner of the right.