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Court of Appeal orders publication of High Court judgments relating to an arbitration (Manchester City Football Club v The Football Association Premier League)

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No Renaissance for fintech share trading computer patent application

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Sky kicks off again—and meets with success at the Court of Appeal (Sky v SkyKick)

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Roche Diabetes Care succeeds in UK Medtech patent dispute against Insulet (Insulet v Roche Diabetes Care)

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Tomlin orders

Tomlin ordersThis Practice Note considers Tomlin orders, which are often used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order comprises a consent order and a...

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...

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...

Co-operative and community benefit societies

Co-operative and community benefit societiesWhat is a co-operative or community benefit society?A co-operative society or community benefit society...

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Rome II—application and interpretation

Rome II—application and interpretationThis Practice Note is for use when determining applicable law in respect of events giving rise to damage, where...

19th May

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Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...

Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May

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The scope of photographic copyright—the Red Bus case

The Red Bus case or Temple Island Collections v New English Teas was decided in the, as it was then, Patents County Court (PCC) in January 2012 and...

Produced in partnership with Boyes Turner LLP 19th May

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Performers’ rights and rights in performances

Protection for performersThis Practice Note summarises the rights known as performers’ rights which subsist in the UK under Part II of the Copyright,...

19th May

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Can the board of a co-operative and community benefit society (a registered society) delegate powers to any third party, and can the registered society grant a power of attorney to a third party to execute documents on its behalf?

Can the board of a co-operative and community benefit society (a registered society) delegate powers to any third party, and can the registered...

19th May

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Remedies for trade mark infringement

This Practice Note outlines the civil remedies available in the UK to the proprietor of a UK trade mark, a comparable trade mark (EU) or a comparable...

19th May

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Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation [Archived]

Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.The UK is no longer...

19th May

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Intellectual Property Enterprise Court—practical points on case management

Intellectual Property Enterprise Court—practical points on case managementIntroduction to the Intellectual Property Enterprise CourtThe Intellectual...

Produced in partnership with Angela Fox of Maucher Jenkins 19th May

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Patent assignment and licensing

Patent assignment and licensingThe Patents Act 1977 (PA 1977) treats patents and patent applications as personal property rights. Rights in...

19th May

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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 May

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Business and Property Courts

Business and Property CourtsCoronavirus (COVID-19)The guidance detailing normal practice set out in this Practice Note may be affected by measures...

19th May

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Requirements of the company seal

Requirements of the company sealThis Practice Note provides practical guidance regarding the requirements of the company seal. Where a company has a...

19th May

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Moral rights

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 May

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Parallel imports

ScopeThis Practice Note explains trade mark law on parallel trade. Parallel imports, or ‘grey market’ goods, are genuine goods that are placed on the...

Produced in partnership with Taylor Wessing LLP 19th May

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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...

Produced in partnership with Boyes Turner LLP 19th May

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Registered and unregistered design right infringement

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 May

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Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcement

Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcementThis Practice Note sets out the protection available for trade secrets and...

Produced in partnership with William Smith of Bird & Bird LLP 31st Jul

In-house

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In circumstances where software is provided to a developer under an open source licence and that developer configures that software and, together with expertise, methods and configuration of other software, creates a broader service solution, who owns the end solution?

In circumstances where software is provided to a developer under an open source licence and that developer configures that software and, together with...

31st Jul

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Valuing IP

Valuing IPIntroductionValuation is required at many points in the lifecycle of an intellectual property (IP) asset, and for many different purposes,...

Produced in partnership with Anne Fairpo 31st Jul

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Could you direct me to a definition of background intellectual property?

Could you direct me to a definition of background intellectual property?The following Precedents contain a definition of ‘Background IP’:•Long term...

31st Jul

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What are IP rights?

What are IP rights?Basic conceptMost people are familiar enough with the idea that owning tangible property, such as a car or some land, carries with...

31st Jul

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To what extent is it possible to ‘own’ data and what can you do to protect the rights arising in relation to data that is in your possession or control?

To what extent is it possible to ‘own’ data and what can you do to protect the rights arising in relation to data that is in your possession or...

31st Jul

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In a B2B contract for the sale of goods incorporating software, can you exclude the right of the buyer to reverse engineer the goods for the buyer's own repair purposes and prevent the buyer selling reverse engineered goods in competition with the seller? Can you stop the buyer using confidential information supplied with the goods to facilitate reverse engineering?

In a B2B contract for the sale of goods incorporating software, can you exclude the right of the buyer to reverse engineer the goods for the buyer's...

Produced in partnership with Ashley Roughton of Ipchambers.eu 31st Jul

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Tax issues and incentives arising from assignment and licensing of IP

Tax issues and incentives arising from assignment and licensing of IPThe UK has two approaches to taxing IP transactions:•the corporate intangibles...

Produced in partnership with Anne Fairpo 31st Jul

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Know-how—protection and licensing

Know-how—protection and licensingThis Practice Note explains what know-how is and sets out the different ways know-how can be protected before...

31st Jul

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Do you have any information on collaborative R&D agreements?

Do you have any information on collaborative R&D agreements?For guidance on collaborative research and development (R&D) agreements, see Practice...

31st Jul

Precedents

Side letter to consultancy agreement—company and company—pro-client

Side letter to consultancy agreement—company and company—pro-clientupdate: From 6 April 2021, the off-payroll IR35 regime, which has applied since...

31st Jul

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

UK tax aspects of cross-border IP structuring—exploitation of IPThis Practice Note sets out the UK perspective on various tax issues that should be...

Produced in partnership with Anne Fairpo, barrister 31st Jul

Practice notes

UK tax aspects of cross-border IP structuring—development and acquisition of IP

UK tax aspects of cross-border IP structuring—development and acquisition of IPIn 2013 the UK government introduced its flagship patent box relief...

Produced in partnership with Anne Fairpo, barrister 30th Jul

Precedents

Patent assignment—pro-assignee

Patent assignment—pro-assigneeThis DEED is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number...

Produced in partnership with Thomas Bjorn 30th Jul

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Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-recipient

Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-recipientThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of party] [of [insert address] OR a company...

30th Jul

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Collaboration agreement

Collaboration agreementIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...

30th Jul

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Novation agreement—long form

Novation agreement—long formThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under...

Produced in partnership with Jon Chapman of Clarkslegal LLP 30th Jul

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Applying block exemptions to IP agreements

Applying block exemptions to IP agreementsIntellectual property (IP) agreements relating to, for example, licensing of technology and for the joint...

Produced in partnership with Bristows 30th Jul

Precedents

Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-discloser

Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-discloserThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of party][ of [insert details] OR a company...

Produced in partnership with Gateley 30th Jul

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Protecting know–how—training materials

Protecting know–how—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or more...

30th Jul

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No Renaissance for fintech share trading computer patent application

Sky kicks off again—and meets with success at the Court of Appeal (Sky v SkyKick)

Roche Diabetes Care succeeds in UK Medtech patent dispute against Insulet (Insulet v Roche Diabetes Care)

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