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Who’s Laughing Now? EUIPO Board of Appeal Rules that Banksy Can Keep his Trademark and Anonymity Too

Unified Patent Court’s Judicial Appointments Announced

Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) signals more AI regulation to come

Securing Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Creations – A Business Perspective

Russia responds to imposed sanctions by legalizing intellectual property theft against all countries in the European Union, and 23 others

European Parliament and Council Reach Digital Regulation First with Provisional Agreement on The Digital Services Act

One World, One Patent: Germany’s Recent Ratification May Make the Unified Patent Court a Reality by 2022

Creating Global Opportunities for Innovative SMEs: IPwe Verified IP Asset Profiles and Ratings for EU SMEs

Regulating by proxy, restricting rights, and reducing competition? Pitfalls of the EU copyright directive.

On September 12th, 2018, the European Parliament voted in favour of legislation that purports to be an important step toward integrating EU copyright law in the internet age. Generally, the goal of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (“the Directive”) is to give rights holders direct control over their copyright on internet […]

The Right to Forget and not Forget in Spain

On May 13, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark decision that allows EU citizens the “right to be forgotten” – basically, the right to withdraw consent over the processing of an individual’s personal information. Under that ruling, individuals have the right to ask Google and other search engines […]