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Alert: Royal assent anticipated for Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill

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Published on: 23 March 2017

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IP & IT analysis: The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill was considered at Report Stage and Third Reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday 21 March 2017 and will now be returned to the House of Lords without amendment. The purpose of the Bill is to usher in a clearer law of unjustified threats and ensure there is consistency between the regimes applied to trade marks, patents and designs. It will rebalance the interests of those who want to protect their valuable rights against infringement, and those who want to get on with business untroubled by misused threats to sue. The Bill is now ready for Royal Assent.

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