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The importance of a clear and precise trade mark description—invalidity actions against ‘three stripes’ trade marks (Thom Browne v Adidas)

The importance of a clear and precise trade mark description—invalidity actions against ‘three stripes’ trade marks (Thom Browne v Adidas)

The following IP news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The importance of a clear and precise trade mark description—invalidity actions against ‘three stripes’ trade marks (Thom Browne v Adidas)

IP weekly highlights—23 January 2025

IP weekly highlights—23 January 2025

The following IP news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on IP weekly highlights—23 January 2025

Thatchers ruling could ‘sound death-knell’ for lookalikes

Thatchers ruling could ‘sound death-knell’ for lookalikes

The following IP news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Thatchers ruling could ‘sound death-knell’ for lookalikes

Commission adopts new rules on protection of industrial designs

Commission adopts new rules on protection of industrial designs

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Introduction to passing off

Introduction to passing off

Introduction to passing offUnlike many other countries, the UK has no unfair competition law. Brand owners seeking to prevent competitors from...

Copyright infringement—remedies

Copyright infringement—remedies

Copyright infringement—remediesThis Practice Note covers the remedies available for copyright infringement.The remedies available in cases of...

Intellectual property international treaties and conventions

Intellectual property international treaties and conventions

Intellectual property international treaties and conventionsIP laws are almost always national in nature. However, there are many conventions and...

Introduction to revocation of patents

Introduction to revocation of patents

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...

Practice notes

Joint ownership of intellectual property rights

Joint ownership of intellectual property rightsWhen parties collaborate on creative projects or research and development, complex questions arise...

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Produced in partnership with Jessica Stretch

2nd Mar

Practice notes

Exploiting intellectual property rights

Exploiting intellectual property rightsIP rights are only valuable if they make money for the business. Even if they are used in the business, a...

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1st Mar

Precedents

Third party intellectual property rights indemnity clause—pro-supplier

1 Intellectual property rights indemnity 1.1 The Supplier shall defend the Customer against any third party claim that...

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1st Mar

Practice notes

Commercial use of fonts and typefaces

Commercial use of fonts and typefacesTypefaces are a key component of a brand’s identity, using a unique typeface helps a business to distinguish...

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Produced in partnership with Jessica Stretch

1st Mar

Practice notes

Sub-licensing intellectual property rights

Sub-licensing intellectual property rightsAn intellectual property (IP) owner may choose to license its IP to a third party. This can be an effective...

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Produced in partnership with Jessica Stretch

1st Mar

Practice notes

Copyright—authorship and ownership

Copyright—authorship and ownershipThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) defines the author of a work as the person who created it....

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Produced in partnership with Joshy Thomas of RPC, Ciara Cullen of RPC and Sarah Mountain of RPC

2nd Mar

Practice notes

Patent term, renewal and restoration

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...

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1st Mar

Practice notes

Moral rights

Moral rightsThe nature of moral rightsThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) confers a number of personal rights on authors that are...

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1st Mar

Practice notes

Civil and criminal remedies for intellectual property infringement

Civil and criminal remedies for intellectual property infringementThis Practice Note provides an overview of the civil and criminal remedies which can...

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Produced in partnership with Squire Patton Boggs

2nd Mar

Practice notes

Defences and exceptions to trade mark infringement

Defences and exceptions to trade mark infringementThe registration of a trade mark gives the owner the exclusive right to prevent others from using...

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2nd Mar

Practice notes

Parallel imports

Parallel importsScopeThis Practice Note explains trade mark law on parallel trade. Parallel imports, or ‘grey market’ goods, are genuine goods that...

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Produced in partnership with Taylor Wessing LLP

1st Mar

Practice notes

Trade mark assignment and licensing

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...

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1st Mar

Practice notes

Copyright infringement

Copyright infringementThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) gives the copyright owner exclusive rights in the UK to carry out...

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Produced in partnership with Joshy Thomas of RPC, Ciara Cullen of RPC and Sarah Mountain of RPC

1st Mar

Practice notes

IP rights and semiconductors

IP rights and semiconductorsBackground to semiconductorsA semiconductor is essentially any material which has electrical conductivity and can thus...

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Produced in partnership with David Cran of RPC and Sophie Tuson of RPC

2nd Mar

Practice notes

Exceptions and defences to patent infringement

Exceptions and defences to patent infringementA ‘patent’ is a document conferring so-called monopoly rights to an inventor. A patent protects new...

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1st Mar

Precedents

Intellectual property rights ownership clause

1 Definitions 1.1 In this clause: Background Intellectual Property means any and all Intellectual Property...

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2nd Mar

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