Rachel Montagnon
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Articles
Embedding works via automatic links should require rights holder consent
European Union, Germany - October 20 2020 Using automatic links to embed works from other websites in a webpage should be regarded as a communication to the public, requiring the consent of...
The Unified Patent Court - on the move again?
United Kingdom, European Union - September 11 2020 Yesterday (10 September 2020) the UPC Preparatory Committee met (albeit virtually) for the first time since March 2017. On the agenda were the issues...
Patent and Pharma Update - August 2020
United Kingdom, European Union - August 18 2020 Our regular Patent and Pharma update aims to keep you informed of recent developments in United Kingdom and European law relating to pate...
UPC Structure - local, regional and central divisions
European Union - August 11 2020 The UPC will have a Court of First Instance (divided into local, regional and central divisions) and a Court of Appeal (Luxembourg). Cases will...
Brompton Bicycle - far from folded
USA, United Kingdom, European Union - June 11 2020 The CJEU has today decided in the Brompton Bicycle case C-83318 (11 June 2020) that to qualify for copyright, a design must be original - that is...
