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Brexit: What happens next?

Brexit, Intellectual Property LawBy William Miles15th November 2018

Firstly, may I congratulate you on starting to read this article. Brexit has been an inescapable news item for the last 2 years and we’re reaching somewhat of a crescendo in the coverage. However in spite of all this, you have still decided to take time out of your busy day to find out what’s…

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BriffaWay – It’s never too early to get the right prescription: How to get good legal advice

Briffa Way, Intellectual Property Law, Legal AdviceBy Margaret Briffa6th November 2018

We get over 100 calls to the office every month from folk looking for help with their business and sorting out their intellectual property rights. The Briffa team is ready to help and we make a point of investing time in getting under the skin of whatever idea or business you are working on to…

UK still holding out on Brexit IP plans

Brexit, GDPR, Intellectual Property LawBy Briffa9th March 2018

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…

Sorry, did you say Intellectual Property was a dry subject?! Never!

Intellectual Property LawBy Briffa31st January 2018

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…

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Business as EUsual? The EU position paper on post-Brexit IP rights

Brexit, Intellectual Property LawBy Briffa25th October 2017

‘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…

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Unjustified threats provisions receive Royal Assent

Intellectual Property Law, ThreatsBy Briffa28th July 2017

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…

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IP, Data Protection and the Queen’s Speech 2017

Data Protection, Intellectual Property LawBy Briffa30th June 2017

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…

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BriffaWay – The Carmen Influence

Business, Intellectual Property LawBy Margaret Briffa4th April 2017

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?…

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