Intellectual Property - A Roundup of Recent Case Law & Developments

Introduction

What’s new in intellectual property at the moment?

IP is always a fast-moving area of law, not only as the courts hand down new judgments but also constantly responding to technological and creative developments.

This webinar is for lawyers looking for an update on case law and legislation across all types of IP rights.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Copyright and passing off - the Only Fools and Horses tribute show and character rights
• Copyright in industrial designs - works of artistic craftsmanship: Waterrower v Liking
• Trade mark defences - what amounts to acquiescence? HEITEC case in the CJEU
• Trade mark validity - wordless version of device mark: Lidl v Tesco
• Colour marks - Nestle v Cadbury’s: successful descriptive wording for purple registration
• Trade mark reputation grounds - successful opposition despite no likelihood of confusion: Monster v Red Bull
• Online platform liability and targeting - Lifestyle Equities v Amazon reversed in the Court of Appeal
• Supreme Court watch list - Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed (extent of directors’ joint liability); Sky v Skykick
• App store liability for 3rd party trade mark infringement - Swatch v Samsung; a comparison of AG’s opinion in Louboutin v Amazon
• Post-Brexit design rights - UK government report on its call for views
• Artificial intelligence - government proposals including text and data mining exception
• Unjustified threats and online takedowns - Shenzhen Carku v The Noco Company
• The Unified Patents Court - opening for business soon

This pre-recorded webinar will be streamed at 12:30pm on Thursday 2nd February 2023 and will remain available to view by delegates who have registered by then for 90 days.