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Knowledge a vital ingredient for liability for trade secrets misuse

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 23 2013

Ex-employee not liable for damages for trade secret misuse where she did not know that the product developed by her competing business incorporated

The Intellectual Property Bill - proposed reforms affecting UK registered designs

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 22 2013

In the third of our blogs about the draft Intellectual Property Bill, a further key area for proposed reform relates to UK registered designs

UK design rights and patents: revisions proposed in Queen’s speech

  • White & Black Legal LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2013

On 8 May 2013, the Queen gave her annual speech marking the opening of a new UK Parliamentary session. One of the 20 bills proposed was a bill to

The Intellectual Property Bill proposed reforms of UK design rights

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 15 2013

Further to our earlier post on the Intellectual Property Bill's proposed amendment of the Freedom of Information Act, other key provisions of the

World IP Day design right

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 23 2013

In the lead up to World IP Day on 26 April, each day this week we are looking at a different type of intellectual property as a reminder of ways in

Should more businesses obtain registered designs?

  • Barker Brettell LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • April 17 2013

Design can be fundamental to a product's success or failure in the marketplace. However, in the UK it seems that businesses are not obtaining as many

UK's unregistered design right protection - not to be underestimated

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 26 2013

A recent decision handed down by the Patent County Court held that Bristan Group Ltd's Glee, Joy and Smile showers infringed the UK unregistered

Patents County Court finds infringement of UK unregistered design but no infringement of community registered design

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 13 2013

In Kohler Mira Ltd v Bristan Group Ltd 2013 EWPPC Civ 2, the Patents County Court found an infringement of a UK unregistered design right (UDR) in

Invalidity proceedings against a registered design - Gardeco Limited v La Hacienda Limited

  • D Young & Co
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 13 2013

Gardeco Limited obtained a Registered Design in the UK for "a conical steel chimenea with stainless steel rim around the mouth" as shown in the

Design rights - safeguarding against copycats

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 28 2013

Designs law is an important way to protect your products from the hands of copycats. Here we examine some of the latest developments in this area