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3D Printing and IP - Herbert Smith Freehills publishes Practice Note on 3D printing published by Practical Law IP&IT
Our Practice Note on 3D printing published by Practical Law here: https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I3466c5d71a1711e798dc8b09b4f043…
High Court orders ISPs to block their customers from receiving unauthorised streaming of Premier League football matches
Following on from a number of decisions in which internet service providers (ISPs) were ordered to block their customers from accessing websites whose …
Practice note for Practical Law IP&IT on Protecting Brands via Intermediaries
Our Practice Note commissioned by Practical Law IP&IT is a guide to the options available to brand owners when seeking to enforce their rights …
Helping FMCG businesses plan for a post-Brexit future
Businesses with interwoven supply chains across the EU and beyond have already felt the effects of a weaker pound, with increasing costs of sourcing raw …
Law catches up with free TV streaming sites
ITV & Others v TVCatchup: CJEU Rules S.73 CDPA defence not applicable to online streaming of live broadcasts. The CJEU has issued its ruling on the …
Brexit: Intellectual Property
Whatever future relationship the UK has with the rest of the EU, the effect of the Great Repeal Bill, once enacted, will mean that any existing …
Brexit - what IP issues to consider now
We set out our thoughts and predictions upon how protection and enforcement of IP in the UK may be impacted once Brexit arrives. We have also suggested …
Free Wi-Fi providers: more than mere conduits?
The effect of the European Court of Justice’s ruling in McFadden v Sony appears to be that providers of free wifi will need to password protect …
Hyperlinking to material on the internet – CJEU expands on the circumstances when it may amount to copyright infringement
In a further key decision on hyperlinking and copyright, the CJEU has held that creating hyperlinks may be a communication to the public and so may …
From 28 July 2016 section 52 CDPA repeal will mean copyright will be extended or revived in the UK in many industrially manufactured articles
Section 52 Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 provided for a reduced term of copyright protection for artistic works which had been industrially …
Brands force ISPs to block sites selling infringing goods and counterfeits
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the English courts have jurisdiction to make blocking orders against internet service providers ("ISPs") in the …
Sporting Clip App is hit for six: tech platform infringes copyright with no defence of fair dealing
A recent High Court decision decided that an App, fanatix, which enabled users to use screen capture technology to make clips of sporting broadcasts of …
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