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Court of Appeal—jurisdiction in patent license disputes (Vestel Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. & another v Access Advance LLC & another)

Court of Appeal—jurisdiction in patent license disputes (Vestel Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. & another v Access Advance LLC & another)

The following Dispute Resolution news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Court of Appeal—jurisdiction in patent license disputes (Vestel Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. & another v Access Advance LLC & another)

IP weekly highlights—8 April 2021

IP weekly highlights—8 April 2021

The following IP news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on IP weekly highlights—8 April 2021

Copyright and hyperlinking—Court of Appeal declines to depart from EU retained law (TuneIn v Warner Music)

Copyright and hyperlinking—Court of Appeal declines to depart from EU retained law (TuneIn v Warner Music)

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Copyright and hyperlinking—Court of Appeal declines to depart from EU retained law (TuneIn v Warner Music)

Swatch takes bite out of Apple’s bad faith parody allegation (Swatch AG v Apple Inc)

Swatch takes bite out of Apple’s bad faith parody allegation (Swatch AG v Apple Inc)

The following IP news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Swatch takes bite out of Apple’s bad faith parody allegation (Swatch AG v Apple Inc)

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Tomlin orders

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

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

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

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

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...
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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...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

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...
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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...
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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,...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

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...
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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...
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9th Nov
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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...
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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...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

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,...
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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,...
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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...
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9th Nov
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Precedents

Month definition

Month means a calendar month; Close This is a suggested definition for the term 'month', which...
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9th Nov

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Consultancy agreement—company and individual—pro-client

This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[Name of Company], a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number [insert company...
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9th Apr
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UK tax aspects of cross-border IP structuring—development and acquisition of IP

In 2013 the UK government introduced its flagship patent box relief from corporation tax as part of the UK's wider bid to be one of the world's most...
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Produced in partnership with Anne Fairpo of Temple Tax Chambers 9th Apr
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Tax issues and incentives arising from assignment and licensing of IP

The UK has two approaches to taxing IP transactions:•the corporate intangibles tax rules: these apply to IP created or acquired by a company on or...
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Produced in partnership with Anne Fairpo of Temple Tax Chambers 9th Apr
Practice notes

Valuing IP

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Anne Fairpo of Temple Tax Chambers 9th Apr
Practice notes

Know-how—protection and licensing

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcement

This Practice Note sets out the protection available for trade secrets and confidential information in a commercial context, in particular in cases...
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Produced in partnership with William Smith of Bird & Bird LLP 9th Apr
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Assessing IP-related agreements outside the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation

The Technology Transfer Block Exemption (TTBE, Regulation 316/2014) provides a safe harbour for certain intellectual property rights (IPRs)...
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8th Apr
Practice notes

Article 101(1) TFEU—the prohibition on restrictive agreements

A key proposition underpinning EU competition law is that competing companies should act independently on markets. In principle, rivalry and...
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8th Apr
Practice notes

Assessing IP-related agreements under the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation

Intellectual property laws confer exclusive rights on holders of patents, copyright, design rights, trademarks and other legally protected rights. The...
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8th Apr
Practice notes

Applying block exemptions to IP agreements

Intellectual property (IP) agreements relating to, for example, licensing of technology and for the joint development of new technology, may have a...
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Produced in partnership with Bristows 8th Apr
Precedents

Consultancy agreement—company and company—pro-client

update: From 6 April 2021, the off-payroll IR35 regime, which has applied since 2017 to public sector entities, is extended to private sector entities...
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6th Apr
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Consultancy agreement—company and company—pro-consultancy

update: From 6 April 2021, the off-payroll IR35 regime, which has applied since 2017 to public sector entities, is extended to private sector entities...
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6th Apr
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Side letter to consultancy agreement—company and company—pro-client

update: From 6 April 2021, the off-payroll IR35 regime, which has applied since 2017 to public sector entities, is extended to private sector entities...
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6th Apr
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Practice notes

The Vertical Restraints Block Exemption

The Vertical Restraints Block Exemption Regulation (VRBE, Regulation No 330/2010) defines a category of vertical agreements which the European...
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Produced in partnership with Addleshaw Goddard 6th Apr
Practice notes

EU competition law and research and development agreements

Research and Development agreements (R&D agreements) are agreements under which two or more parties agree to jointly execute research work and/or...
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Produced in partnership with K&L Gates 6th Apr
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Precedents

Patent assignment—pro-assignee

This DEED is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert registered number]...
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Produced in partnership with Thomas Bjorn 6th Apr
Precedents

Patent assignment—pro-assignor

This AGREEMENT is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert registered...
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Produced in partnership with Thomas Bjorn of Royds Withy King LLP and David Hobson/Martin MacLean of Mathys & Squire LLP 6th Apr
Practice notes

UK tax aspects of cross-border IP structuring—exploitation of IP

This Practice Note sets out the UK perspective on various tax issues that should be taken into account in deciding how an innovative IP business with...
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Produced in partnership with Anne Fairpo of Temple Tax Chambers 19th Mar
Precedents

Patent licence—pro-licensor

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Chris Shelley of Penningtons Manches LLP 19th Mar
Precedents

Patent licence—pro-licensee

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Chris Shelley of Penningtons Manches LLP 19th Mar

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