Potter Clarkson is delighted to be featured in the 2023 edition of the World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 - the definitive resource for those seeking world-class trade mark legal expertise.
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In this white paper we discuss why creating a strong IP strategy is essential to a business’ success and examine the components that should be considered and included.
In the first part of this blog, we explained what a software licence is. In this part we will look at the different types of software licences and share some practical tips to help you get started in terms of producing the software licences you need.
Yesterday the UK Supreme Court considered whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be the inventor of a patent under UK law. The Court’s decision will be of significant importance to companies developing AI inventorship solutions, but the question of whether an AI can be an inventor may ultimately be one which requires legislation.
The three-month Sunrise Period for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) began on March 1st and is currently in progress until May 31st 2023 with the UPC coming into effect on 1 June.
If you are working with or developing any form of software, you should have a robust licensing agreement in place. But what is a software licence, what does a software licence look like and what types of different licences are there?
Today it has been confirmed that Germany has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This means the conditions required to put the Agreement into action have been met so the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will start on 1 June 2023. Unitary Patents will also be available from that date.
In a current US copyright infringement case, the defendants, Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen argue that there is no copyright in the well-known bored ape images traded as NFTs by Yuga Labs, Inc. because they were generated by an automated computer algorithm.
Potter Clarkson is delighted to be featured in the 2023 edition of the World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 - the definitive resource for those seeking world-class trade mark legal expertise.
Yesterday, French luxury fashion house Hermès won a landmark trial in the US which determined that the “MetaBirkin” NFTs infringe Hermès’ trade marks relating to its iconic Birkin bag. This is the first significant intellectual property judgment relating to NFTs, and brand owners will be delighted that it has gone their way.
The early 21st century saw the seemingly inexorable rise of both online retail and fast fashion. Yet, recent years, as the climate crisis has deepened, have seen a challenge to this approach as consumers, retailers and fashion houses seek to put green credentials and sustainability at the forefront of their respective priorities.
A pivotal IP trial has just begun in the US concerning IP rights in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) related to French fashion house Hermès’ iconic Birkin bag.
Our news roundup covers increased access to IoT technologies in the connected vehicles sector and policy updates intended to increase options for standards stakeholders.
Our news roundup covers disputes and cross-licensing developments in the telecoms sector.