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AG’s opinion—users of peer to peer networks and communication to the public (Mircom v Telenet)

The following Information Law news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on AG’s opinion—users of peer to peer networks and communication to the public (Mircom v Telenet)

What does IP completion day mean for the status of EU law in the UK?

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Final wording—Recast Regulation on Insolvency

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IP weekly highlights—21 January 2021

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Tomlin orders

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day ie Friday 31 January 2020 has implications for practitioners dealing with provisions in the CPR...

Introduction to passing off

Unlike many other countries, the UK has no unfair competition law. Brand owners seeking to prevent competitors from marketing ‘copycat’ products or...

Declaration of a director's interests—the statutory provisions

A director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in:•a proposed transaction or arrangement with the company of which they are a...

Types of dispute resolution

This practice note provides an overview of the main types of dispute resolution that are an alternative to litigation. As well as covering the main...

Practice notes

Patent infringement

In order to establish that an unauthorised use or dealing in a product or process amounts to infringement of a patent it is necessary to prove that:•a...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Transferring patent rights

As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) process

This Practice Note describes and explains the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) process and covers:•Application of the UDRP•Purpose...

Produced in partnership with Emily Taylor of Oxford Information Labs 12th Jan

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Sub-licensing intellectual property rights

An intellectual property (IP) owner may choose to license its IP to a third party. This can be an effective route to generating revenue while...

Produced in partnership with Jessica Stretch 12th Jan

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Practice notes

No deal Brexit—jurisdiction (UK and the Lugano Convention)

This Practice Note has been produced in partnership with Guy Pendell, Liz Williams and Kushal Gandhi of CMS.STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is under...

9th Nov

Brexit

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Patent infringement—remedies

As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Intellectual property international treaties and conventions

IP laws are almost always national in nature. However, there are many conventions and treaties under which nations agree to provide minimum levels of...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Indirect infringement of patents

Introduction to infringementA patent owner has to prove two elements before it can secure an infringement finding (and then an injunction, damages,...

9th Nov

In-house

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Sale of counterfeit goods online

As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...

9th Nov

Precedents

Execution clause—company—deed

Option 1—deed executed by a company under its common seal (model articles, where the authorised signatory is an...

9th Nov

In-house

Practice notes

Copyright—authorship and ownership

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) defines the author of a work as the person who created it. The author as creator is not always...

9th Nov

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...

9th Nov

In-house

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Elements of passing off—goodwill

Passing off is a common law tort which protects rights that are not capable of registration or are difficult to register as trade marks (eg colours,...

9th Nov

Practice notes

IP rights and semiconductors

Background to semiconductorsA semiconductor is essentially any material which has electrical conductivity and can thus either conduct, or conversely,...

Produced in partnership with Greg Burke of RPC, Paul Joseph of RPC and Sophie Tuson of RPC 12th Jan

Practice notes

Registered and unregistered design right infringement

This Practice Note covers the legislative framework, as well as case law, relating to infringement of registered and unregistered designs. For...

9th Nov

In-house

Precedents

Month definition

Month means a calendar month; Close This is a suggested definition for the term 'month', which...

9th Nov

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Digital assets on incapacity and death

Digital assets can survive incapacity or death. Anyone who owns a digital device or has an online account should have a plan for dealing with that...

Produced in partnership with Kerry Bornman of 3 Stone Buildings, Erin Hitchens of XXIV Old Buildings and Robert Avis of Charles Russell Speechlys 25th Jan

Precedents

Website terms and conditions of use

1About our terms1.1These terms and conditions of use (Terms) explain how you may use this website and any of its content (Site). These Terms apply...

Produced in partnership with Guy Wilmot of Russell-Cooke and Sapna Desai of Russell-Cooke 25th Jan

In-house

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Dealing with social media influencers—Portugal

This Practice Note is aimed primarily at brands wishing to engage with influencers for social marketing campaigns and advertising activities in...

Produced in partnership with Daniel Reis of DLA Piper 22nd Jan

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Dealing with social media influencers—China

This Practice Note is aimed primarily at brands wishing to engage with influencers (or other talent) for particular social marketing campaigns and...

Produced in partnership with Grace Guo of Hogan Lovells and Stefaan Meuwissen of Hogan Lovells 22nd Jan

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Dealing with social media influencers—USA

This Practice Note is aimed primarily at brands wanting to use influencers (or other talent) for particular social marketing campaigns and advertising...

Produced in partnership with Christiane C. Kinney and Heidy Vaquerano of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP 22nd Jan

Practice notes

Getting the Deal Through: Domains & Domain Names 2020

Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Argentina; Belgium; Denmark; Germany; Japan; Netherlands; Russia;...

22nd Jan

Precedents

Social media—training materials

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

21st Jan

Precedents

Domain name disputes—training materials

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

21st Jan

Precedents

Online brand protection—training materials

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

21st Jan

Q&As

What’s the impact of failing to obtain a valid consent under the GDPR? Can you use a privacy notice to make up for a defect in such a consent?

Requirements for lawful processing of personal dataAn organisation cannot simply process personal data because it wishes to do so. It can only process...

20th Jan

Precedents

Standard contractual clauses for international transfers—controller to processor—ICO templates

In briefThis precedent links to:•a template created by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of the ‘2010’ EU Standard Contractual Clauses...

19th Jan

In-house

Practice notes

IP—new starter copyright guide

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

19th Jan

Practice notes

Image rights—protection, exploitation and taxation

As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...

Produced in partnership with JJ Shaw of Lewis Silkin LLP, Alex Kelham of Lewis Silkin LLP and Rob Meredith CTA of PKF Francis Clark 19th Jan

Precedents

Alternative wording for cookies notice

1Wording for website terms and conditions—Cookies and other information-gathering technologies1.1We use necessary cookies to make our site work....

19th Jan

Q&As

What is the impact of the limitations of liability set out in the E-Commerce Directive no longer applying to UK intermediary service providers who offer online services within the EEA from 1 January 2021?

Taking the example of a UK online service provider (operating from a UK data centre), wishing to rely on the caching defence in Article 13 of...

Produced in partnership with Fieldfisher 18th Jan

Precedents

URS Complaint

The domain name is [identical OR confusingly similar] to a word mark for which Complainant holds valid national or regional registration(s) and which...

Produced in partnership with Chris Haywood of Ashfords 18th Jan

Precedents

DRS complaint

1Rights in the domain nameAccording to [a WHOIS search conducted on [date of Nominet WHOIS search] OR Nominet’s response to a data release request as...

Produced in partnership with Chris Haywood of Ashfords 18th Jan

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