Intellectual Property Notes

Views on an evolving automotive industry - Using trade secrets to protect innovation

Enforcement of intellectual property rights across online platforms

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement and its impact on IP, Pharma and Medical Devices

Deepfakes: is seeing still believing?

France adopts a confidentiality regime for the trade secrets relied upon in (patent) litigation

As part of the French Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets dated 31 July 2018, French lawmakers have finally adopted a long-awaited array of …

TRADE SECRETS - SHORT VIDEO ON THE IMPACT OF THE NEW UK REGULATIONS IN IP AND EMPLOYMENT CONTEXTS

Here's a short video made for Practical Law, in which Herbert Smith Freehills IP and Employment Professional Support Consultants, Rachel …

Trade Secrets - added protection in force

The Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018 (the "Regulations") came into force on 9 June 2018 and transpose Directive (EU) 2016/943 (the …

Innovation Disruption and Technology - the legal and commercial issues for your business

Drawing on our practitioners' experience and understanding of the intellectual property and technology issues facing our clients in the fast changing …

UK HIGH COURT RULES ON COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF TV FORMATS FOR GAME SHOWS

Summary The High Court of England and Wales decided on 19 October 2017 that a particular television format document did not qualify for copyright …

New Unjustified Threats Regime in force from 1 October 2017

Threatening proceedings for intellectual property right infringement can sometimes backfire. In relation to patents, trade marks and designs, there is a …

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…

Trade Secrets in a post-Brexit world

In their article for PLC Magazine (October 2016), Joel Smith and Jessica Welborn discuss the continued importance of the consistent and effective …