Copyright and Designs

We work with clients to make the most of their copyright and design intellectual property. This may include for example:

• copyright and design strategy
• challenges to competitor Designs
• copyright or Design disputes
• commercial arrangements with copyright or Designs
• creation and protection
• defending your copyright or Designs
• Disputes before the Designs Office
• due diligence
• enforcing your copyright or Design rights against competitors
• examination (prosecution) of Registered Designs to have them granted by national patent offices
• freedom to operate (infringement clearance) advice and strategy
• internal processes you can use for protecting your copyright and design rights and managing them
• international Design and copyright applications
• licensing
• maintenance and renewal of Registered Designs
• managing your Registered Design portfolio / estate
• monitoring competitor activity
• ownership advice
• preparing and filing Registered Design applications
• protection strategies
• searching and surveillance for infringements of your Copyright or Designs

IP Update: Rubiks 3D marks gone, Pixel 7 infringes SEP, Trump patent value tax and UPC jurisdiction

European Patents – do applicants have to amend the description to match the allowed claims? Finally there is a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (G1/25) to sort out this conflict between the EPO guidance and the Board of Appeal. The Unified Patent Court…

IP Update: Meta wins AI copyright case, European claim construction, US patent injunctions and face protection in Denmark

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal clarifies claim construction – yes you do need to consult the specification to interpret the claims: IPKat; Cooley; Pinsent Masons Meta wins summary judgment win in AI training copyright lawsuit – but still plenty of room for copyright owners to…

AI training and copyright fair use

The long-awaited Anthropic “Claude” AI training, copyright fair use judgment has just been issued in the Northern District of California, USA. Here are some important takeaways for business owners: It goes without saying that you should respect copyright and lawfully acquire any copyrighted material for…

IP update: vaccines, counterfeits, textbook piracy and tm translations

Here’s an update on what’s been happening in the world of IP lately: Silfab acquires EnPV’s solar panel patent portfolio including the Self-Aligned Back Contact (SABC) technology and an associated trade mark. PV Tech, Solar Quarter, Technology News, South Korean Supreme Court held that SK…

AI & IP – a brief update

Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting many facets of intellectual property law and practice. We have to keep in mind both the challenges AI presents and the opportunities it creates for innovators and legal professionals. Copyright and AI: The US Copyright Office has released reports examining…

Apple wallet may have a widget, virtual concerts, landmark UPC decision, India UK FTA and semi nude photos

Another Repatha instalment, this time the UPC (Unified Patents Court) in Europe issued it’s first decision on infringement of second medical use claims. Regeneron’s EP 3536712 patent (licensed to Sanofi) found valid but not infringed by Repatha under a two stage test set out by…