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UK IPO and Vinted publish consumer guidance on spotting counterfeits on second-hand resale platforms, amid increased Trading Standards and PIPCU enforcement
New advice issued by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to help shoppers spot fake goods on second-hand online resale platforms......
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NDAs after the Victims and Courts Act 2026: voiding clauses that restrict disclosures of criminal conduct or responses, interaction with the iniquity rule, and drafting steps for commercial agreements
Section 6 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 supersedes VPA 2024, s 17, scrapping the prior constraint that protected disclosures had to be made to particular recipients for specified purposes. Any term in any agreement, including commercial non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), is void to the extent it seeks to stop a victim, or someone who reasonably believes they are a victim, from revealing relevant criminal conduct-or the counterparty’s reaction to it-to anyone, for any purpose. The new provision binds the Crown, subject only to a tightly drawn national security exception. This analysis examines how these reforms align with existing common law limits on confidentiality and their consequences for standard commercial NDA templates. It is written by Richard Hanstock, a barrister at Cornerstone Barristers and the founder of Deeptech Legal, an SRA-authorised firm specialising in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, defence technology and national security...
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UK IP weekly: Court of Appeal invalidates SHORTSTV mark; High Court on Rome II issue estoppel in copyright; Nice Agreement extended to Jersey; new guidance, webinars and trackers
In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Copyright & associated rights Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Trade marks/passing off Court of Appeal confirms ‘SHORTSTV’ trade mark is invalid (Shorts International Ltd v Google LLC) The Court of Appeal, in Shorts International Ltd v Google LLC [2026] EWCA Civ 668, upheld the earlier ruling and dismissed Shorts International Ltd’s (SIL’s) appeal, confirming that Google’s use of ‘Shorts’ did not infringe SIL’s registered trade marks and that one of its registrations was invalid. SIL, a producer and distributor of short films aired on its ‘ShortsTV’ channel, contended that Google’s deployment of ‘Shorts’ for its YouTube Shorts service infringed its five registered trade marks under section 10(2) and 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994) and amounted to passing off. The judge...
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IP weekly: SPC refusal for drospirenone, Dyson UPC injunction (UK excluded), SEP/FRAND royalty depositories, CJEU pastiche sampling, plus UK/EPO updates, webinars and trackers
In this issue Patents Copyright & associated rights Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Patents Article 3(d) entitlement of an uncombined medicinal product (drospirenone) to an SPC (Laboratorios Leon Farma SA v Comptroller) The court was asked, at its core, whether the earlier Court of Justice ruling in Medeva BV v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, Case C-322/10, operates to block the award of a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) to a product where a prior approval existed only as part of a combination therapy. The court answered in the affirmative and held that the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) was right to decline an SPC for drospirenone by applying Medeva. Because there was an earlier marketing authorisation (MA) for drospirenone used together with oestrogen, the...
IP in M&A—overview
IP in M&A-overview
When companies are purchased or disposed of, or when assets are reorganised within a corporate group, it is essential that intellectual property (IP) considerations are identified and addressed so that operations can continue as normal and without interruption or delay across the business. In some situations IP will be fundamental to running the business, while in others it will play a more supporting role in practice. There are very few circumstances in which a business will not depend on any IP rights or use material protected by IP in its wider activities and operations.
IP as a business asset
IP is, first and foremost, a form of property, and a significant asset for many organisations. How decisive a part IP plays in a company’s success depends both on the character of the business and the character of the IP. A business producing consumer goods will rely strongly on trade marks and rights in passing off to protect its brand and standing in the market. For some enterprises their principal value may derive from owning patents that grant a monopoly over a specific inventive product or process. For other businesses, IP will be only of secondary importance, but...
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