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Community TM and design conversion to UKs post-Brexit “to be free”

In a debate in the House of Commons on 19 July, Robin Walker MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, has expressly stated that conversion of all existing EU trade marks, Community registered designs and unregistered designs will be “automatic and free”.

LEGAL UPDATE

SPCs for combination products: a combination of requirements?

On 25 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down a judgment in Teva v Gilead concerning Supplementary Protection Certificates and, in particular, what determines whether a product comprising a combination of active ingredients is "protected by a basic patent".

LEGAL UPDATE

Sparing a thought for intellectual property

With the rapid rise of the additive manufacturing sector, it has become increasingly possible for industry players to make spare and replacement parts in a cost-effective manner.