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‘Soft Brexit’ provides for creation of comparable UK trademarks and designs

By AWA | Posted on August 23, 2018

Owners of existing EU trademarks (EUTM) and designs (RCD) had been left somewhat in the dark about what will happen to their intellectual property rights on 29 March 2019, but The UK Intellectual Property Office is now shedding some light on the situation. Existing EU trademarks and designs will, under the provision that the withdrawal...

Tags: Brexit, Britain, designs, EU, EUTM, Intellectual Property, RCD, trademarks, UK

Fourteen countries have now ratified the UPC

By AWA | Posted on September 5, 2017

Despite the uncertain situation in the UK and Germany, other EU member states seem to continue to ratify the UPC agreement. The latest states to join those who have already ratified are Estonia and Lithuania, of which both deposited their instruments for ratification during August. The complete list can be found here. Before the new...

Tags: Brexit, EU, Germany, patents, ratification, UK, UPC

New UK intellectual property minister reaffirms UK commitment to the Unified Patent Court

By AWA | Posted on February 1, 2017

There is a new sheriff in town. Jo Jonson takes over from Baroness Neville Rolfe as UK Intellectual Property minister. He was appointed new minister on 11 January. Baroness Neville Rolfe has previously made some promising statements concerning the UK’s intentions to ratify the agreement on a unified patent court (UPC). Jo Johnson has now...

Tags: Brexit, UK, uk intellectual property minister, UPC

Cautious optimism regarding 2017 UPC implementation

By AWA | Posted on November 29, 2016

During the meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council on 28 November 2016 in Brussels, the UK Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property stated that the UK will proceed with their ratification process in the months to come. The statement from the UK Minister for State and Intellectual Property Baroness Neville-Rolfe now seemingly paves...

Tags: UK, unified patent court, UP, UPC

Danish law can be applicable to infringing sales from UK websites

By AWA | Posted on July 8, 2014

The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court has recently rendered a decision in a case regarding sale of infringing furniture designs from two British websites. The decision is interesting for practitioners as it explains which exact elements are added substantial weight, when defining which law is applicable to an online infringement. When deciding whether sale of...

Tags: Denmark, design protection, UK

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