By: Ryan Compton and Thomas Holguin
After many years of litigation and lobbying expenses, the battle over pre-1972 music rights has finally been ended. On October 11, 2018, President Trump signed the Music Modernization Act
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Trademark and Copyright
UK TRADEMARK REFORMS: IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN TRADEMARK DIRECTIVE IN 2019
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Posted in Trademark and Copyright, UK
By Désirée Fields (Legal Director, London) and Yannick Aaron Zirnstein (Referendar/Trainee Lawyer, Cologne)
Important changes to UK trademark law will come into effect on 14 January 2019 in order to implement the European Trademark Directive…
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SCOTCH WHISKY AND CORNISH PASTIES: WHAT DOES A HARD BREXIT MEAN FOR GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS?
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By Désirée Fields and Sam Mitchell
Geographical Indications (GIs) are signs used on products in order to inform consumers about a product’s geographical origin and a quality, characteristic or reputation of the product linked to…
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DEAL OR NO-DEAL? IMPLICATIONS OF A NO-DEAL BREXIT FOR UK IP LAWS
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Posted in Trademark and Copyright, UK
By: Sam Mitchell
THE UNITARY PATENT (UP) AND UNIFIED PATENT COURT (UPC)
BACKGROUND
This week, the UK Government released multiple technical notes detailing the intellectual property implications of a no-deal Brexit for exhaustion of rights…
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DEAL OR NO-DEAL? IMPLICATIONS OF A NO-DEAL BREXIT FOR UK IP LAWS – EXHAUSTION RIGHTS
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By: Sam Mitchell
BACKGROUND
This week, the UK Government released multiple technical notes detailing the intellectual property implications of a no-deal Brexit for exhaustion of rights, patents, trademarks and designs, and copyright…
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DEAL OR NO-DEAL? IMPLICATIONS OF A NO-DEAL BREXIT FOR UK IP LAWS – PATENTS
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Posted in Trademark and Copyright, UK
By: Sam Mitchell
PATENTS
BACKGROUND
This week, the UK Government released multiple technical notes detailing the intellectual property implications of a no-deal Brexit for exhaustion of rights, patents, trademarks and designs, and…
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DEAL OR NO-DEAL? IMPLICATIONS OF A NO-DEAL BREXIT FOR UK IP LAWS – TRADEMARKS
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By: Sam Mitchell
TRADEMARKS AND DESIGNS
BACKGROUND
This week, the UK Government released multiple technical notes detailing the intellectual property implications of a no-deal Brexit for exhaustion of rights, patents, trademarks and designs…
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DEAL OR NO-DEAL? IMPLICATIONS OF A NO-DEAL BREXIT FOR UK IP LAWS – COPYRIGHT
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By: Sam Mitchell
BACKGROUND
This week, the UK Government released multiple technical notes detailing the intellectual property implications of a no-deal Brexit for exhaustion of rights, patents, trademarks and designs, and copyright…
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FEDERAL CIRCUIT CREATES CIRCUIT SPLIT ON USPTO RECOVERY OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES REGARDLESS OF PREVAILING PARTY
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Posted in Client Alert, Trademark and Copyright
By: John Nading, Ashley Joyce, and Devika Persaud
In a 7-4 en banc decision last Friday, July 27, the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that language in the Patent Act does…
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Who owns your IP?
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Posted in Trademark and Copyright
By: Victoria Lee
This post originally appeared on DLA Piper Accelerate, DLA Piper’s dedicated online resource for entrepreneurs.
When a company’s intellectual property is core to its business, investors and prospective acquirers want to…
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