Strike a balance between protecting IP rights and complying with competition law. This topic provides IP practitioners with practical insights and strategies to navigate the interplay between innovation and market regulation. Understand the nuances of leveraging your intellectual property while avoiding anti-competitive practices. Equip yourself with the knowledge to ensure your clients' IP strategies are legally sound and commercially effective.
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...
MLex: The trade mark fight over George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ has reached the EU General Court, where judges are asked whether a famous book title can...
Law360, London: A London judge ruled on 13 August 2026 that Temu had not infringed Shein's copyright for several product images, concluding that Temu...
EU Law Analysis: The General Court dismissed OpenAI’s challenge to the EUIPO’s refusal to register ‘OPENAI’ for goods and services in classes 9, 42...
Introduction to passing offUnlike many other countries, the UK has no unfair competition law. Brand owners seeking to prevent competitors from...
Trade mark infringementRights conferred by a trade mark registrationThe registration of a trade mark gives the owner the exclusive right to prevent...
Copyright—authorship and ownershipThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) defines the author of a work as the person who created it....
Passing off—goodwill, misrepresentation and damageWhat is passing off?Passing off is a common law tort which protects rights that are not capable of...
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Template for regulatory references given by SMCR firms and disclosure requirements[Insert addressee details]Dear [insert name][It is our understanding that [insert name of prospective employee] [was an employee of yours between the dates of [insert dates as appropriate] OR is a current employee of
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