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Banishing the lookalikes - new research from the UK Intellectual Property Office

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 10 2013

On 31 May 2013 the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) published the results of its research into "The Impact of Lookalikes - Similar packaging and

Wragge & Co LLP's response to the DG Competitions' draft proposal for a revised block exemption for technology transfer agreements and for revised guides

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 28 2013

Wragge & Co LLP ("Wragge & Co") welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposals by the European Commission (the "Commission") to revise the

Chinese court imposes criminal sanctions on copyist company executive

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • China
  • -
  • November 9 2012

Picanol NV, a Belgium-based textile machinery manufacturer, has secured a victory in an intellectual property dispute with an unnamed Chinese textile machinery company (unnamed because the judgement is not public, only a news report has been released

Hermès counterfeiter imprisoned for life for producing low quality goods

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • November 9 2012

The leader of a substantial counterfeiting operation, manufacturing imitation luxury brand Hermès handbags, was recently sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chinese court

CJEU provides clarity on the sending and receiving of data

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 24 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has provided guidance on whether website use of the content of a database protected by the sui generis database right amounts to 'extraction' or 're-utilisation' for the purpose of assessing infringement. It has also confirmed where that use is to be regarded as having taken place

Obtaining preliminary injunctive relief in Germany

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • October 17 2012

Preliminary injunctions in Germany provide a quick and cost-effective tool for owners or exclusive licensees of European or German intellectual property rights

Big changes for small claims

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 27 2012

Forthcoming changes to the Civil Procedure Rules will expand the range of options available in resolving intellectual property disputes for lower value claims

Does a sub-licence continue after its head licence terminates? A comparison of the German and UK positions

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • August 7 2012

Two decisions handed down by the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest civil court of last resort in Germany and so with a similar status to the UK's Supreme Court, preserved the validity of a sub-licence upon termination of the main licence

Special things made simple: a summary of the evaluation of trade mark distinctiveness for advertising slogans

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 19 2012

In the case of Smart Technologies ULC v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market the Court of Justice of the European Union summarised the approach to be taken when assessing the distinctiveness of trade marks - particularly, advertising slogans

Budget enforcement of intellectual property rights

  • Wragge & Co LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 15 2011

Small and medium size enterprises have traditionally been wary of enforcing their intellectual property rights because of the cost of taking action, the possibility that they will have to pay a sum into court by way of security for costs, and the risk that, should they lose, they will be liable for the other side's costs as well