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Deterrence sentencing for copyright infringement: Court of Appeal gives guidance

In the case of Regina v Wayne Evans [2017] EWCA Crim 139 the Court of Appeal emphasised the importance of deterrence sentencing in favour of the music industry. The court then set out some considerations to take into account when sentencing in relation to copyright infringement under s.107 of the CDPA 1988.

AIPPI Event Report: Will the Unwired Planet v Huawei FRAND judgment lead to fewer NPEs?

Patent litigator and AIPPI member Rachael Cartwright (Bristows) reported on the AIPIP Rapid Response event following the handing down of the latest judgment in the Unwired Planet cases (see IPKat summary here).

Unjustified Threats Bill receives royal assent

The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017 and is anticipated that it will commence in October 2017. Rosie summarises the key changes to be expected.

"Socialistic brand": a unique category of vintage brand

Kat friend Mikołaj Rogowski explains why he has coined the term ‘socialistic brand’ which describes a unique group of signs sharing a common historical pedigree, namely brands that were used within the individual states of the former Eastern Bloc, often by various actors within a given industry. Mikolaj discusses how it can help us understand the role of trade marks that emerged from a given moment of history.

Movement afoot in the patent scene in Argentina

Kat Friend Carlos Castrillo of Castrillo & Castrillo brought our attention to a promising development with respect to the patent application process in Argentina. Resolution 056/2016 provides that the National Patent Administration be authorized to benefit from the substantive examination previously carried out by certain other patent offices, with the goal of reducing examination workload and improving patent quality.

‘Right to be forgotten’ may potentially apply to all top-level domains, says Swedish Data Protection Authority

Katfriend Nedim Malovic (Sandart & Partners) reports on decision [here] of the Swedish Data Protection Authority (DPA) which recently investigated Google’s handling of the right to be forgotten (the possibility for users to file a request regarding the delisting of personal details from search results), and concluded that, if Google is required to delist the results of a specific search, it may also be necessary to de-list the search result when searches are made from countries outside Sweden and – more generally - Europe. 

A General Civil Restraint Order against issuing further IP claims - Is this the end of the Perry v Brundle saga?

A General Civil Restraint Order (GCRO) was recently granted by HHJ Hacon in the latest of the long running series of disputes between Perry v FH Brundle and others [2017] EWHC 678 concerning Mr Perry's allegations of patent infringement and related actions for unjustified threats of patent infringement. 

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