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Insights and Analysis
19 July 2023
Emily Sharkey and Sahira Khwaja provide a top level overview of blocking injunctions and how they can be deployed in the UK to fight online counterfeits.
Insights and Analysis
18 July 2023
As we reach mid-summer, our Consumer team wanted to share some reflections about the 11th annual Luxury Law Summit – London held a few weeks ago. This summit brought together global...
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17 January 2023
As we start the new year, we take a look back at some of the most significant legal developments and caselaw of 2022 in UK trade mark, copyright and designs law and highlight the changes...
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16 December 2022
On 16 November 2022, partners Joel Smith and Sahira Khwaja and other members of our London brands team, hosted a client seminar on the ‘Metaverse’, including a lively panel...
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09 November 2022
On 16 August 2022 Mr Geoffrey Hobbs KC handed down an Appointed Person decision (“MARCO POLO”) in which he held that the UKIPO is not entitled to serve proceedings on a trade...
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17 December 2020
An address for service (“AFS”) is required in order to correspond with the UKIPO and for the purposes of proceedings relating to IP rights in the UK. The AFS rules currently...
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09 December 2020
On 1 January 2021, the UKIPO will create a re-registered UK comparable trade mark and UK design for every registered EUTM and RCD (including IR(EU)s and IR(RCD)s ) at the end of the...
Insights and Analysis
25 November 2020
The first wave of Covid-19 lockdowns this year led to a significant increase in online scams. Whilst in “normal times” individuals might identify these scams as being “too ...
Insights and Analysis
17 November 2020
The EU fashion industry has long-relied on unregistered design rights to protect designs, in particular because fast-changing collections often don’t warrant the time and cost of...
