Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

In Part 1 of our ‘Deep Dive' series, we explored the types of data and entities covered by the Data Act (Act), the new European Union regulation that centres on ‘data' and which comes into effect on 12 September 2025.

When the warm weather rolls in, the call of the backyard feast is almost irresistible. Sizzling sausages, the tang of smoky ribs and the friendly hum of conversation...

On June 18, 2025, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), the highest judicial authority under the European Patent Convention (EPC), issued decision G1/24 relating...

Chinese technology startup DeepSeek has made a significant impact on the AI industry with the launch of two large language models (LLMs) that rival the performance of dominant tools developed by US tech giants.

July 2025 – The European Commission issued an informal guidance letter to the Automotive Licensing Negotiation Group (ALNG)...

The global iGaming industry is growing fast. With this growth comes a need for licensing that supports quick setup, flexible business models, and cross-border recognition.

On 9 February 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") answered a preliminary question referred to it by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the "Referring Court") in Novartis AG ("Novartis") v. Actavis UK Ltd.

A recently published decision of the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Board of Appeal about European patents and clinical trials provides for interesting reading and for some important pointers about how to deal with clinical trials for medicinal products but also for medical devices as to not destroy novelty of a patentable invention with invalidity as result.

The patent of Oliver Brüstle that is at stake relates to purified neural precursor cells and to processes for their production from embryonic stem cells.

Over the last couple of years, it has become clear that Trademark and Copyright owners have a tense relationship with the Internet Service Providers.

Under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), there can be a relatively fine line between the permissible use of an acronym as a domain name and the impermissible use of a trademark.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organisation in charge of assigning and coordinating Internet identifiers, has opened a first application round for the registration of new generic top level domains ("New gTLDs") on 12 January 2012.