The UK Government has issued important guidance on fake reviews, clarifying new obligations for businesses under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the “DMCC Act”)....more
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) products in the past couple of years has significantly increased the capacity for individuals, businesses, and organisations to utilise AI to produce a wide range of...more
3/7/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyrightable Subject Matter ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Software ,
UK
The United Kingdom Supreme Court (the ultimate appeal level in the UK legal system) has ruled in a decision of 20 December 2023 that an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system cannot be identified in a patent application as the...more
1/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consultation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Machine Learning ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court
Since the emergence of the Internet, under current European Union rules, services that host user-generated or user-contributed content have enjoyed legal immunity from liability, provided they take down unlawful content once...more
1/9/2023
/ Content Publishing ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Platforms ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
Immunity ,
Online Platforms ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
UK ,
User-Generated Content
The European Union (“EU”) has shaped and developed Intellectual property (“IP”) policy extensively over the years. IP law in EU member states is today largely a matter of EU law. Key areas of IP are dominated by EU rights and...more
On 11 November 2020 the draft National Security and Investment Bill, the “NSI Bill” was published. The NSI Bill would introduce a new statutory regime granting the “Secretary of State” for Business, Energy and Industrial...more
Now that the political rollercoaster of the past 3 years over Brexit has drawn to a close with the UK electorate falling firmly behind Boris Johnson and a Conservative Party determined to leave the European Union (EU) with no...more
1/27/2020
/ EU ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Member State ,
New Legislation ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trademarks ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Withdrawal Agreement
The English courts have traditionally been a popular forum for defamation claims, not least because English law allows even non-residents who have minimal reputation in the UK to sue for defamation in the English courts and...more
Many IP owners wonder what they need to do to ensure the continued protection of their EU trade marks and Community Registered Designs after Brexit. Some attorneys, since the referendum, encouraged clients to file in the UK...more
Three recent cases demonstrate that data privacy enforcement is on the rise in the United Kingdom. These and similar cases signal a new direction in enforcement action suggesting higher penalties, more frequent prosecutions...more
In what is perhaps the most important development in English law of the last decade in this area of interpretation of patent claims and patent infringement, the UK Supreme Court gave new life to the doctrine of equivalents in...more
In the UK, you can be. But the law is about to change and will become much clearer. New legislation will make life a bit easier for IP owners who seek legitimately to enforce their rights....more
A recent ruling of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the U.K. highlights the global crackdown on sponsored posts that do not make clear that they are advertising.
A complaint was filed with the ASA about an...more
A recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) imposes restrictions on the use by member states’ law enforcement and national security agencies of telecommunication traffic and location records as...more
On 28 November 2016, the UK Government made a surprising announcement at the meeting of the Competitiveness Council (an EU institution), stating that it intends to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement, marking its first...more
On 23 June 2016 the United Kingdom electorate took the historic decision in a national referendum that the country should leave the European Union. How will that impact EU trade marks (known until recently as Community trade...more
6/27/2016
/ Community Trademark ,
EU ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Popular ,
Referendums ,
Trademark Registration ,
Treaty of Lisbon ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
It is not every day that a massive international TV hit show is found to infringe a trade mark. A decision of the English High Court, approved recently by the Court of Appeal, held that the popular 20th Century Fox teenage...more
5/2/2016
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Entertainment Industry ,
EU ,
Evidence ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Passing Off ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
UK ,
Witness Statements ,
Young Lawyers
There are many ways in which online trade in counterfeit goods can be tackled. Unfortunately, they are often ineffective and in many cases expensive. ...more