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IP weekly highlights—6 September 2018

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Published on: 06 September 2018

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Trade marks
Court refuses to set aside order transferring claim to IPEC (Massimo Osti SRL v Global Design and Innovation Ltd)
Brexit
Brexit SI Bulletin—drafts laid for sifting in August 2018
Confidential information
The GDPR provisions and force majeure clauses
General IP
Allegations against Fox insufficient for judicial review of merger decision (Avaaz Foundation v Ofcom)
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Article summary

This week’s edition of IP weekly highlights includes analysis of the High Court judgment in Massimo v Global Design where the court refused to set aside an order transferring the claim to the IPEC, a list of the latest draft Brexit SIs laid for sifting, and a piece considering the interaction between force majuere clauses and data protection provisions under the GDPR.

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