Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

Recent reports of counterfeit Botox causing serious illness in County Durham have reignited public concern over the safety of non-surgical cosmetic procedures.

The legal saga surrounding "Eleanor", the Ford Mustang from "Gone in 60 Seconds", has been rumbling on for over 20 years.

Jo Soar, Lesley Harper and Caroline Twist are our Licensing Dream Team after moving to Rothera Bray en masse in May 2024. They are based at our Nottingham office in the Lace Market...

This weekend, the 12 month grace period for compliance with the new EU cookie rule comes to an end.

Almost a year ago today, new rules came into force concerning the use of cookies on websites by website operators. In the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office gave website operators a one year grace period from enforcement action, during which website operators were expected to audit and revise the use of cookies on their websites, to change the functionality of their websites and to amend their privacy policies to ensure that they were only setting cookies in circumstances which complied w

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Getty Images ("Getty") alleged copyright infringement by Stability AI ("Stability"), including claims of direct copying during artificial intelligence ("AI") training and output generation...

AI developers and content owners in the UK and around the world are eagerly anticipating the outcome of the Getty Images v. Stability AI trial.

The European Commission recently launched a public consultation on the implementation of the AI Act, primarily focused on the classification...

The concept of self-conducted diagnostic tests, administered by patients in their own home, would likely have been thought completely preposterous 100 years ago – conjuring-up images of an array of test-tubes, flasks and Bunsen burners.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled yesterday in an important case (C-125/10, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt), relating to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs).

On 2 November 2011, the UK Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords) handed down its decision in Human Genome Sciences Inc (HGS) v Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), which was primarily concerned with the issue of industrial applicability of claimed biological material.