Owners of registered IP rights and pending IP applications in the EU should carefully consider the complexities of the incoming regime. By Deborah J. Kirk and Terese Saplys On 28 September 2020, the UK government made the Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (IP Regulations 2020), which amend the intellectual property (IP) regime … Continue Reading
The bloc, accounting for 30% of the world’s population and 30% of global GDP, is larger than the European Union. By Oliver E. Browne and Isuru Devendra As the United Kingdom continues to negotiate trade agreements with the European Union and other trading partners, 15 Asia-Pacific countries recently signed a new multilateral trade agreement named … Continue Reading
European Commission proposes one-year postponement in light of the COVID-19 crisis. By Frances Stocks Allen and Oliver Mobasser On 25 March 2020, the European Commission announced that it was working on a proposal to postpone the date of application for the new EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR)[i] for one year, in light of the COVID-19 … Continue Reading
