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The team at Virtuoso Legal are continually reviewing the field of intellectual property for impactful news and meaningful changes.

As a forward-thinking law firm, we seek in any given moment to be able to offer cutting-edge advice that reflects the constantly shifting status of the law.

As part of this process we produce weekly “IP Insights”, which catalogue significant changes in IP and their significance.

By Virtuoso Legal

18/08/22

Photo by Richard Horvath on Unsplash   By Kostas Retzopoulos Disclaimer: This insight should not be construed as legal advice on any specific facts. The contents are intended for general informational purposes only. You are urged to consult your own solicitor on any specific legal questions you may have.     Introduction   In October…

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By Virtuoso Legal

10/08/22

Photo by Alvaro Reyes on Unsplash By Christos Sakellaropoulos Disclaimer: This insight should not be construed as legal advice on any specific facts. The contents are intended for general informational purposes only. You are urged to consult your own solicitor on any specific legal questions you may have.   Introduction   Video games encompass complex…

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By Virtuoso Legal

24/01/22

Photo by Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash By Daniel Eid and Cameron Ward Disclaimer: This insight should not be construed as legal advice on any specific facts. The contents are intended for general informational purposes only. You are urged to consult your own solicitor on any specific legal questions you may have.   Introduction   Patents…

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By Virtuoso Legal

14/01/22

Photo by Fakurian Design on Unsplash   By Todd Bateman and Dr Martin Douglas Hendry   Introduction   Well, the past few years have brought a lot of change. Frankly, that's a bit of an understatement.   With the pandemic drawing (hopefully) to a close, 2022 looks set to offer its own set of transformations.…

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By Virtuoso Legal

14/10/21

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on Unsplash Part of our Virtuoso Vigilance brand protection series. For more information about our Virtuoso Vigilance complete brand protection solution, get in touch with our team here. by Kostas Retzopoulos United Kingdom, October 2021   Background Back in May of this year, the UK Government published the Draft Online Safety…

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By Virtuoso Legal

12/08/21

Photo by Jason Dent on Unsplash by Kostas Retzopoulos   Part of our Virtuoso Vigilance brand protection series. For more information about our Virtuoso Vigilance complete brand protection solution, get in touch with our team here.   Protecting domains   In our recent webinars, we focused on the importance of protecting your domain names to…

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By Virtuoso Legal

03/03/21

By Catherine Wynn   BACKGROUND The Beverly Hills Polo Club (“BPHC”) is a global brand. The Claimant is the proprietor of the registered trade marks for the BPHC brand in the UK. The managing director of the Claimant was in business with his brothers. In 2008, the brothers split from the Claimant company and set…

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By Todd Bateman

23/02/21

by Razvan Popa   Background On 14 July 2000, the Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus (“FPTCC”) successfully registered the collective trade mark “HALLOUMI”. On 9 July 2014, M.J. Diaries EOOD, a Bulgarian company, applied to register the following logo mark:      (the “Application”)   Opposition In November, the FPTCC…

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By Virtuoso Legal

03/02/21

By Razvan Popa   BACKGROUND Earlier this month, Mr Justice Meade issued his decision on the re-trial of Nicholas Martin and ors v Julia Kogan. The case involved ownership of copyright in the script for the Florence Foster Jenkins drama. Mr Martin and Big Hat Stories Limited were looking for a declaration stating that Mr…

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By Todd Bateman

22/01/21

By Hallam Whitehead and Catherine Wynn   BACKGROUND The two parties in this case, BY and CX, are both private persons operating their own websites. During court proceedings in Sweden, CX submitted to the court – via email – copies of text and a photograph from BY’s website. Sweden has national transparency laws, or freedom…

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By Virtuoso Legal

10/12/20

BREXIT AND IP: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW This series of blogs by Virtuoso Legal, the IP specialists cover key changes to the status quo and priorities for businesses operating (or planning to) in Europe.   By James Gilmer and Liz Ward   Introduction What is the current position?  For the most part, the IP…

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By Virtuoso Legal

04/12/20

BREXIT AND IP: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW This series of blogs by Virtuoso Legal, the IP specialists cover key changes to the status quo and priorities for businesses operating (or planning to) in Europe. Virtuoso Legal is offering a limited number of FREE 15-minute IP and Brexit clinics without principal and founder Elizabeth Ward,…

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