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Getting the 'one stop shop' principle to work

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • -
  • European Union, Global
  • -
  • November 7 2012

Going all the way to the Rio de la Plata to discuss the content of the future European data protection framework seems a little over the top, but the recent International Privacy Commissioners' Conference in Punta del Este, Uruguay provided a perfect forum as a neutral ground for a fierce policy debate

Case update - when is a franchisor unreasonable to withhold consent under a franchise agreement?

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 5 2012

It is common for certain rights of a franchisee under a franchise agreement to be exercisable only if the franchisor gives its consent, such consent "not to be unreasonably withheld"

Translating IP TRANSLATOR

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • October 30 2012

The long-awaited decision by the Court of Justice in IP TRANSLATOR seeks to provide clarity regarding the specification of goods and services in a trade mark application

Google search results to penalise persistent copyright infringers

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 30 2012

Google announced in August 2012 that it was changing its search algorithm so that websites with a high number of valid copyright takedown notices might appear lower down in Google's search results

How brand owners can help to protect against fakes

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 30 2012

In July 2012, the European Commission published statistics showing that there had been an increase in the number of shipments received into the EU which were suspected of infringing intellectual property rights

Latest on unitary patents court

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 30 2012

There have been calls for many years to revise the European patents system to make it cheaper to obtain patent protection across jurisdictions, easier to litigate pan-European issues and to avoid inconsistent outcomes in different countries

Unintentional infringement of designs

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 30 2012

In August 2012, the IPO also proposed "equalising" the sanctions available for unintentional infringement of UK registered design and Community design right in the UK

ACTA

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
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  • European Union, Global
  • -
  • October 30 2012

In the last edition of SnIPpets, we reported on protests raised against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ("ACTA"

Proposed changes to design law

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 30 2012

The Government published a consultation through the IPO in July 2012 setting out its proposals for improving the framework for UK design law

Digital copyright exchange

  • Field Fisher Waterhouse
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 30 2012

As a follow-up to the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property, a government report conducted by Richard Hooper and Dr Ros Lynch has recommended the creation of a UK-based Copyright Hub

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