Jan 26, 2023 CJEU says Amazon may be liable for trade mark infringement for sale of counterfeit Louboutins By Richard Barker Richard McDonnell The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has held that online sales websites like Amazon that operate a “hybrid” business...
Jan 10, 2023 Halt! House of Lords minutes indicate proposed new TDM exception to be shelved By Richard Barker Minutes of a recent meeting of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee suggest that the UK government is halting its...
Oct 24, 2022 UKIPO publishes guidance on examining patent applications for AI inventions By Richard Barker As promised in its response to its Call for Views on AI and IP, the UKIPO has published a set of guidelines clarifying how it will...
Sep 28, 2022 SEPs and FRAND – English Courts Remain Essential By Reinhardt Biermann Richard Barker SEPs and FRAND have been hot topics for a while and there are no signs of that changing any time soon. In the last couple of months alone...
Sep 23, 2022 Exclusive jurisdiction clauses and software licences – High Court reminds us that they’re not so simple By Richard Barker When you are ‘buying’ (in this case, licensing) software, you want to know the risks associated with the deal. One key risk is where you...
Jun 29, 2022 Rise of the machines? As the UKIPO publishes the results of its consultation on AI and IP, are we about to enter a new dawn? By Richard Barker The UKIPO has published its response to its consultation on AI and IP. Whilst the Government has decided not to make any changes to...
Jun 29, 2022 IP in the Metaverse By Richard Barker Michael Maquieira Ever since Facebook rebranded as “Meta”, everyone has been talking about the Metaverse. But what exactly is it (or could it be) and what...
Jun 14, 2022 On target: Court of Appeal finds Amazon did infringe Lifestyle Equities’ UK and EU trade marks By Richard Barker The Court of Appeal has reversed the High Court’s decision in Lifestyle Equities v Amazon, finding that Amazon.com’s advertisements,...