As we wrote about in a previous blog post, the European Commission have been reasonably clear in its position that EU IP rights must be maintained in the UK in a post-Brexit landscape. The details are yet to be agreed between the UK and the EU, leaving IP rights holders relatively in the dark, but…
UK IPO introduces cartoon series aimed at young children The UK Intellectual Property Office have released a new series of cartoons aimed at kids as young as seven years old to help them understand the issues surrounding intellectual property and infringement. Using the industry area most subject to copying, the campaign follows the story of…
‘Brexit day’, or the date which the UK cleaves itself away from the EU, is no longer a day on the far away horizon and holders of ‘European’ IP rights are still none-the-wiser on how the UK intends to manage the transition. Indications thus far on our side of the channel have been that such…
At the end of April, the new Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 received Royal Assent, with an expectation the provisions will come into force in October. As we reported last February, the new threats legislation had been steadily marching through parliament and, despite the snap general election which had been called mid-April, the Bill…
Following the General Election, the Queen’s Speech recently opened the new Parliament and outlined the policies that the Government is to follow for the next two years. Below, we have used the speech to ‘predict’ the future for topics relating to intellectual property and data protection. Data Protection We have covered in various other Briffa…
Tonight I leave work early to catch my nephew playing in a school production of Carmen. I first saw this opera as a young teenager and to my shame I giggled through the full two and half hours much to the annoyance of everyone around me. What was so funny that I behaved so badly throughout?…