Andrew Moir
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Articles
What next for standard essential patents (SEPs) in the UK - responses to the UKIPO’s Call for Views
United Kingdom - August 9 2022 We previously reported on the UK Intellectual Property Office’s (UKIPO) consultation on standard essential patents (SEPs) when it was launched in…
The IP in NFTs - IP issues when minting NFTS - IP ownership and infringement in the metaverse
European Union - August 8 2022 Creating an NFT can give rise to other IP issues, aside from questions of transfer of rights. In particular there is the issue of who in fact has the…
Giulia Maienza, George McCubbin, Rachel Montagnon, Pietro Pouché
The IP in NFTs - What is being purchased?
United Kingdom - August 1 2022 As we reported in our first blog post in this series, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a new asset class that is being adopted eagerly across all…
Giulia Maienza, George McCubbin, Rachel Montagnon, Pietro Pouché
The IP in NFTs - what you need to know
United Kingdom - July 25 2022 Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are one of the hottest Intellectual Property (IP) topics currently. NFTs can be used simply for marketing purposes or as a…
Giulia Maienza, George McCubbin, Rachel Montagnon, Pietro Pouché
UK consultation on AI concludes that a text and data mining exception to copyright and database right infringement for any purpose should be introduced
United Kingdom - June 30 2022 The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published its response to its consultation on legislative changes needed to accommodate AI which closed…
