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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) published its response to the January 2026 consultation on the draft Technology Transfer Agreements Block...
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a survey to determine whether offices of designated Madrid System members should be...
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...
Commercial analysis: A trade mark licence which was expressed to ‘continue indefinitely’ was not to be construed as being in perpetuity or incapable...
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...
Passing off—goodwill, misrepresentation and damageWhat is passing off?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, get-up and packaging), or rights that had not been registered formally, but have
The Company Names TribunalEstablishment and function of the Company Names TribunalThe Company Names Tribunal (the Tribunal) was established pursuant to the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006).Under CA 2006, s 69 an applicant to the Tribunal may object to a company's registered name on the basis that it is
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
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
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