Uses of machine learning and AI are expanding rapidly, and IP rights play a critical role in both regulating the use of AI and protecting the rights of inventors and creators. In this series, we will explore the key challenges governments worldwide are currently grappling with in order to provide the right level of protection
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First UPC Registrar and Deputy-Registrar appointed as advanced training for UPC Judges gets underway
On 19 January 2023, the UPC announced the appointment of its first Registrar and Deputy-Registrar, Alexander Ramsay and Axel Jacobi, respectively. The announcement of Mr Ramsay and Mr Jacobi’s appointments was made during the Advanced preparatory training for UPC appointed judges, which was launched in Budapest on 17 January 2023.
UPC Registrars: Mr Ramsay acted
Innovation-based collaboration agreements: key IP considerations – an HSF video podcast for Practical Law
Collaborations for innovation are often established relatively quickly in pursuit of a commercial advantage. In this video recorded for Practical Law, Jonathan Turnbull and Rachel Montagnon share advice on managing such arrangements to maximise the likelihood of a successful outcome for all parties and in particular establishing the ownership, management and use of the IP
NFT infringes trade mark rights – Italian Court grants preliminary injunction in Juventus case
The IP Division of the Court of Rome has issued a preliminary injunction to prohibit the minting and marketing of Non-Fungible-Tokens (“NFT”) that, unauthorised, reproduced well-known trade marks owned by the Juventus football club. While various cases related to NFTs and intellectual property rights are pending before the US courts, this is the first time
HSF shares insights on what US lawyers should be considering ahead of the UPC’s start date for Bloomberg Law
The new European Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been a long time coming – and now just a little bit longer with the two month delay recently announced. The new start date is 1 June 2023 with the sunrise period in which to pre-register opt-outs of European patents from the UPC’s jurisdiction now starting
Launched! Consultation period for Australia’s copyright enforcement regime open until March 2023
On 9 December 2022 the Attorney General released the Copyright Enforcement Review Issues Paper, and with it launched the twelve week consultation period into the appropriateness of Australia’s existing copyright enforcement mechanisms.
The objective of the review led by the Attorney General’s Department is to understand ‘current and emerging copyright enforcement priorities and challenges’, and
Red card or fair play? Ambush marketing back in the news as FIFA World Cup kicks off
By Emma Iles, Anna Vandervliet and Byron Turner
Ambush marketing is a term generally used to refer to marketing strategies that involve capitalising on the exposure offered by another company’s event or status. Recent, well-publicised examples have arisen out of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, including BrewDog’s “anti-sponsorship” campaign run in
Start date for UPC postponed to 1 June 2023 and sunrise period for opt-out to 1 March 2023
The UPC website has announced today that the start date for the sunrise period (in which European patents can be opted out of the UPC’s jurisdiction in advance of the UPC starting to accept cases) will be delayed until 1 March 2023 to allow users to prepare themselves for the strong authentication required to access
The UPC and unitary patents: preparing for the new system – an HSF video podcast for Practical Law
Concerned about the new patent system planned for European patents starting in 2023? Andrew Wells and Rachel Montagnon have filmed a video podcast for Practical Law on what businesses can do to prepare for the advent of the UPC and unitary patent (published on 28 November 2023). The discussion covers:
- An overview of the UPC
Emma And Rebekah Talk IP: COVID-19 vaccines and IP – dissecting the flurry of recent patent lawsuits
In this podcast series, Australian partners Rebekah Gay and Emma Iles explore a variety of topics, issues and areas of intellectual property law.
In episode 17, Emma and Rebekah are joined by Julie Chiu, a Senior Associate in Herbert Smith Freehills’ London office, to discuss a number of lawsuits playing out in the United States