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McDermott Will & Schulte

News From Across the Pond: UK+ Regime Now Permanent

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In 2021, shortly after Brexit became effective, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) established the “UK+ regime” on the exhaustion of intellectual property (IP) rights with regard to the European Economic Area (EEA)....more

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Protecting your investment in databases created in the UK or the EU during the transition period (and afterwards)

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The UK introduced the free-standing (‘sui generis’) EU database right in 1997. This right gives protection to a maker of a database, where a substantial investment has been made in either obtaining, verifying or presenting...more

Vedder Price

Brexit and IP: 4 Things You Should Know

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I. What is Brexit? Brexit (short for “British exit”) is the United Kingdom’s (the “UK”—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) decision to leave the European Union (the “EU”—28 countries, including the UK). The UK...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Effect of a “No-Deal” Brexit on IP in the UK

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The UK government’s technical notices provide some certainty for holders of cross-border copyrights, trade marks, patents and other IP rights. On 24 September 2018, the UK government published a series of technical notices...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Copyright: Europe Explores Its Boundaries - CJEU Draws the Line with the Resale of Back-Up Copies of Computer Programs

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Europe’s highest court has ruled that software owners have potentially greater rights to prevent the resale of back-up copies of their works than may exist in relation to the original licensed programs. The Court of...more

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Copyright: Europe Explores Its Boundaries - Digital Single Market Update: The European Commission’s Proposal to Modify and...

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Copyright reform is a key part of the European Union’s package of measures designed to create a Digital Single Market (DSM) in the EU. The European Commission’s view is of nothing less than a modernisation of EU copyright...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Brexit – Implications for Copyright

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On 23 June 2016 the UK voted by a narrow margin to leave the EU. The decision itself has no direct impact on copyright legislation or practice, but, as UK copyright law is partially derived from, and intended to be consistent...more

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