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Rosie Burbidge
Oct 28, 20223 min read
Do IR holders need a UK representative?
Holders of IRs designating the UK should appoint a UK representative to ensure that no important UKIPO communications are missed


Rosie Burbidge
Oct 28, 20223 min read
Destroy evidence? Prepare to be found in contempt
A UK solicitor has been ordered to pay a substantial fine and costs after being found guilty of contempt of court after he told a client...


Rosie Burbidge
Oct 28, 20222 min read
Does a historical novel infringe copyright?
A novel, “The Secrets We Kept”, by Lara Prescott, does not infringe copyright in a non-fiction, historical book called “Lara”


Rosie Burbidge
Oct 27, 20222 min read
Are IP rights protected by the ECHR?
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld a complaint by a copyright owner, in a rare intersection of human rights and IP law


Rosie Burbidge
Oct 26, 20223 min read
Has LV’s chequerboard trade mark acquired distinctiveness?
Louis Vuitton suffered a further setback in relation to its figurative trade mark (pictured) for a chequerboard pattern after the EU...
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