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Life Sciences and Healthcare

EU General Court's invalidity finding on 3D shape mark highlights med devices' trade mark woes

Ruling that shape was functional is consistent with trade mark law's aim to prevent monopolies on technical solutions
Artificial intelligence

The UK AI Opportunities Action Plan: what it means for business

The government wants to ramp up AI adoption across the UK, and this much-heralded plan sets out what it thinks
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Is the engineering biology sector set to be turbocharged in the UK?

A Lords report sets out recommendations for policy the UK must get right and calls for a national sector champion
Knowledge Notes

What business law changes does 2025 promise in the UK?

Our Knowledge Team looks at what's in store for business
Intellectual property

Marchi collettivi e di certificazione: agevolazioni per la promozione all'estero

Tempo fino al 20 gennaio per richiedere un contributo pari al 70% delle spese ammissibili, per la promozione all’estero di
Intellectual property

The year ahead for intellectual property: what to look forward to in 2025

There will be a continued focus on the interplay between IP and AI and further development of the UPC, as
Artificial intelligence

Are major changes to copyright law coming to boost UK development of AI models?

Government proposes changing copyright law to facilitate use of web-scraped content for AI development, and monetisation of content by copyright
AI, Data and Transformative Technologies

AI literacy under the AI-Act – what companies need to consider now

The EU Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence (also known as the AI-Act) came into force on 1 August 2024
Intellectual property

Are works of applied art protected under UK copyright law?

IPEC held that EU and UK tests for copyright subsistence for works of applied art could not be reconciled and
Life Sciences and Healthcare

Life sciences dealmakers need to anticipate sector-specific factors in European M&A

European regulatory and intellectual property complexities must be addressed when engaging in mergers and acquisitions
Intellectual property

Historical trade marks in Italy: new process of transferring them to MIMIT and licensing them to third companies is operational

Procedure introduced by the Made in Italy Law allows the ministry to take over the ownership of historical trade marks
Regulatory and compliance

What can UK business expect from regulators in future?

What can be learnt from the UK government's stated approach to regulation and growth?