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UK Government Puts the Brake on Plans to Further Court Fee Increase
Dec 22, 2015
We previously reported in March 2015 about an increase in court fees. The fees increased on 9 March 2015 and led to a hike of more than 660% in some cases (unspecified claims). It ...
Freedom of Information and Prince Charles' Insight into Political Affairs
Dec 21, 2015
Earlier this month, four chapters of the Cabinet Office's "precedent book", were released to Republic, a campaign group which campaigns for an elected head of state rather than a m...
Specialist IP Courts in China Celebrate a Successful First Year
Dec 9, 2015
In September 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress gave its approval to the Supreme People's Court (SPC's) plan for an IP-specialised bench, leading to the...
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee - PGI and Trademark Oppositions
Oct 29, 2015
The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation ("Federation") is a non-profit organisation representing over 500,000 coffee growing families. The Federation filed an application for a Pro...
Priority and OHIM - Tougher Scrutiny Under New Guidelines
Oct 15, 2015
In recent years OHIM relaxed their examination of priority claims but this may be about to change. Under newly constituted 2015 OHIM Guidelines, they have started examining entitle...
Copyright, Settlement and Quantum in the IPEC
Oct 6, 2015
Frequently only the arguments and evidence which lead to the outcome at trial are reported. It is not often possible to look in detail at those cases which settle, because the agre...
Costs for intellectual property rights soar - You need Insurance!
Oct 5, 2015
The Financial Times reported on 27 September 2015 that it seems unfair that it costs somewhat less to launch new projects into space, yet billions are invested in order to protect ...
Reforms streamline enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Aug 5, 2015
A government commissioned report has revealed a sharp increase in the number of infringement claims made in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ("IPEC"), (formerly known as ...
Court Fees Set to Increase Again?
Jul 23, 2015
The Government, via the Ministry of Justice ("MoJ"), has opened a consultation proposing significant increases in court fees. The proposal comes less than four months after the las...
Assos continues on it's Bike - Permission to Appeal to the Supreme Court Refused
Apr 30, 2015
We previously reported on the Court of Appeal decision in Roger Maier and Assos of Switzerland SA v ASOS plc and ASOS.com Limited at [2015] EWCA Civ 220 - see "Assos told to get on...
IPEC Small Claims - Piercing the Corporate Veil and Benefits of Use to 'Small-time' Creatives
Apr 8, 2015
Two directors have been held personally liable along with a dissolved limited company in respect of copyright infringement. In the recent case of IP14S01982 Webb v (1) VA Events L...
IP Litigation in Europe - Action Before Courts and Rights-Granting Offices
Apr 1, 2015
Which court or body a person chooses to bring a claim in can have a serious impact on the way the claim is managed, how much it might cost and the remedy/outcome. This article con...
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