Dr Catherine Cotter

January 14, 2021

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Late last year, the European Commission (EC) published its IP Action Plan. It is a set of wide-ranging and ambitious initiatives to help...

December 24, 2020

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What do you know of Industry 4.0, or the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)? Characterised by the growing utilisation of emerging...

December 23, 2020

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It’s amazing what a difference 12 months makes. Back in 2019, a EUIPO study found that online copyright infringement in...

September 2, 2020

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Exhaustion of IP rights has always been a controversial topic, and Brexit has kept the issue on centre stage.

The issue? Price differences...

August 26, 2020

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Customs detention of articles suspected of infringing intellectual property rights (IPRs) can be an incredibly useful tool for IPR owners...