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  • The long-awaited update to Hong Kong’s copyright regime - Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2022

    17 March 2023

    On 17 February 2023, the Government published in the Gazette the Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2022 (Commencement) Notice.

  • UK proceeding with UPC (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 4)

    07 February 2017

    The UK government announced that it will proceed with the Unitary Patent and the Unitary Patent Court (“UPC”). This ends months of speculation in the patent community as to what would happen afterthe Brexit vote last June. The UK was a mandatory signatory to the UPC Agreement and there had been concern that the project would stall in light of the UK’s European exit. Only Germany is left to ratify the Agreement and it is expected that the UPC will open in December this year.

  • To UPC or not UPC – implementation of Unified Patent Court delayed (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)

    23 June 2017

    The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is intended to provide a regional forum resolve patent disputes. At the moment, parties have to litigate patent disputes on a country by country basis across Europe, which is time-consuming, expensive and can lead to differing decisions in some countries. UPC decisions will have effect in all 25 states participating in the UPC, providing a single forum to resolve these disputes.

  • Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC)

    02 March 2023

    The German government has now ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC), meaning that the UPC will become operational on 1 June 2023.

  • Play those bars again and end up behind… bars (Brands & IP Newsnotes - Issue 2)

    28 March 2016

    The High Court has handed down a custodial sentence of 28 days for breach of an injunction against copyright infringement, albeit suspended for a period of 18 months. Two points rang out.

  • Coty: Keeping up appearances (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 6)

    12 October 2017

    Can a prestigious brand prevent its resellers from selling online? The question was answered firmly in the negative by the European Court of Justice in 2011. In that case, the court said that the French pharmaceutical and cosmetic brand Pierre Fabre could not impose an outright ban on their resellers from selling online.

  • Setting up in Ireland?

    28 March 2018

    Here’s what you need to know about the six key differences between employment law in Ireland and the US

  • Time’s up for Smartwatch appeal (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 7)

    23 April 2018

    The CJEU has dismissed an appeal against a decision not to invalidate a smartwatch design held by Nike, ruling that “pioneering” designs do not attract greater protection.

  • Lewis Silkin's adlaw blog round up of January

    04 February 2019

    Welcome to the latest roundup of news and insights from our adlaw experts. You can also visit our adlaw blog where you’ll find many more posts about developments in legal and regulatory issues affecting the advertising and marketing sector.

  • Lewis Silkin's adlaw blog round up of February

    06 March 2019

    Welcome to the latest roundup of news and insights from our adlaw experts. You can also visit the adlaw blog where you’ll find many more posts about developments in legal and regulatory issues affecting the advertising and marketing sector.

  • Terminating contracts: breaking up is never easy...

    12 February 2020

    The UK has now left the EU. However, the precise terms of our departure are as yet unclear. In the face of uncertainty, prudent businesses are assessing contracts, their cost base and their exposure to currency fluctuations. As part of such a review, the well-prepared need to develop exit strategies where arrangements have become, or will become, unprofitable.

  • Apprenticeships: Round-up of recent developments on delivery, hiring bonus and redundancies

    28 July 2020

    Apprentices, employers, training providers and assessment organisations have experienced their fair share of challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government’s Department for Education has continued to review the apprenticeships landscape since the early days of lockdown.

  • Setting up a competing business

    03 September 2020

    Many owner-managers and entrepreneurs plan to start new businesses in the same space as their current one. Managing this transition effectively is often the key to success in the new business and getting it wrong can result in the new business failing before it has even started.

  • I’m still standing - should employers set up a standing body for collective consultation?

    10 March 2021

    Employers may have to contemplate difficult decisions as they look ahead to the lasting effects of the pandemic, including potentially making redundancies. This article discusses whether now might be an opportune time for employers with no recognised trade union to set up a standing body for collective consultation purposes.

  • Employee competition: top tips for start-up businesses

    21 May 2021

    In this article, we set out our key recommendations for protecting your start-up business against employee competition, from managing the risks arising when you recruit new employees to putting in place the right contracts and responding to competitive threats.

  • Opportunities in the UAE: Do they live up to the Hype?

    23 June 2022

    Anyone with even half an eye on the geo-political landscape and global economic movements will have no doubt heard about the raving reviews the UAE is currently experiencing. So, are the stories to be believed?

  • Controversial NI Protocol Bill passed – EU turns up the heat by issuing further legal action against UK

    27 July 2022

    Nothing that concerns Brexit and Northern Ireland (NI) was ever going to be straightforward, given the potentially divisive and disruptive nature of any arrangements relating to the latter in the context of trying to reach a deal on the former.

  • Sponsor compliance round up: genuine employment is the hot topic

    01 May 2024

    Sponsors need to be aware of the latest raft of changes to Home Office guidance on sponsor compliance, which focuses heavily on genuine employment for sponsored workers.

  • The ICO fines again – a round-up of direct marketing fines issued by the ICO in 2024

    30 May 2024

    The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) is responsible for enforcing the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (“PECR”), which set out the rules for organisations wishing to engage in direct marketing calls, texts or emails. Since April 2023, the ICO has issued more than £2,590,000 in fines against companies responsible for nuisance calls, texts and emails. This serves as a crucial reminder to organisations about the financial consequences they may face following electronic marketing violations. Below is a round-up of fines issued by the ICO in 2024.

  • Price fixing – traps for the unwary

    17 October 2024

    This insight looks at various forms of price fixing that sometimes take place in the context of commercial agreements, and the very serious risks such behaviour can cause. Most businesses do not consciously set out to infringe competition law by engaging in price fixing; it is more often something they fall into through lack of awareness while seeking to protect their brand and promote their business’s interests. Increasing awareness of competition law is a relatively easy way to avoid the serious consequences of going wrong.

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