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Intellectual property law and copyright law thought leadership, articles, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics such as licensing and syndication, patent law, trade secrets and trademark law.

How To Optimize Your Legal Department’s Work Thanks To External Trademark Search Solutions

If you are still conducting trademark searches in-house, you could be wasting your time and resources. Discover how external trademark search solutions can potentially save your business money while improving efficiency and search quality.

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Questel

Intellectual Property Records: Avoid These 5 Common Irregular Requests For Recordals

Intellectual property record updates are essential for ensuring that the details of IP are accurately maintained and that owners can freely exercise their rights. Consulting IP professionals for advice on a recordals project is the most effective way to ensure its successful completion. However, owners regularly request some irregular things for IP recordals.

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Questel

Is Your Brand Name Too "Helpful" For Trademark Protection? Navigating The New CP16

When business owners and brand experts brainstorm for a name or sign for a new product or service, their instinct is often to be as clear as possible.

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Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

How Can AI Help IP Practitioners Manage Responses To Office Actions?

The latest AI tools for IP law firms and corporations are helping IP practitioners streamline the management of routine tasks, including facilitating the analysis and drafting of office actions and response texts. Discover the benefits of AI for your office action response (OAR) workflows in this practical guide to OAR management with Questel's IP Digital Assistant, Qthena.

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Questel

Court Of Appeal, March 24, 2026, Order On Suspensive Effect, UPC_CoA_44/2026

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Paris, March 23, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_1963/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Open Letter: Uneven Distribution Of UPC Cases Between The Different Local/Regional/Central Divisions Of The Court Of First Instance

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, March 20, 2026, Order, UPC_CFI_1849/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

CD Munich, March 24, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_2296/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Hamburg, March 24, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_1049/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

When Design Goes Beyond Function: A Recent Case Shows Sensory Experience Details Matter In Motion Marks

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Murgitroyd

Wanneer wordt een bewegingsmerk geweigerd wegens technische functionaliteit?

European Union IP

NG

Novagraaf Group

Post-transaction Reselection Of A Payment Method: Non-technical

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Is Your Business Name Already Taken? How To Avoid Trademark Conflicts Before Launch

Trama

Asset Management & Investment Funds Update - January 2026

Ireland Finance

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William Fry

How Is AI, Experimentation And Smarter Delivery Transforming Legal Work? (Podcast)

Luxembourg Technology

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A&O Shearman

EU Unveils 20th Package Of Sanctions Against Russia

European Union International

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Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

Italian Citizenship By Descent: 2025 New Law Explained (Video)

Italy Immigration

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Latitude Law

AI News: Italy Sets The Rules For AI In The Workplace (Podcast)

Italy Technology

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K&L Gates LLP

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Patent Litigation

Trademark

Intellectual Property Records: Avoid These 5 Common Irregular Requests For Recordals

Intellectual property record updates are essential for ensuring that the details of IP are accurately maintained and that owners can freely exercise their rights. Consulting IP professionals for advice on a recordals project is the most effective way to ensure its successful completion. However, owners regularly request some irregular things for IP recordals.

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Questel

How To Optimize Your Legal Department’s Work Thanks To External Trademark Search Solutions

If you are still conducting trademark searches in-house, you could be wasting your time and resources. Discover how external trademark search solutions can potentially save your business money while improving efficiency and search quality.

Q

Questel

Is Your Brand Name Too "Helpful" For Trademark Protection? Navigating The New CP16

When business owners and brand experts brainstorm for a name or sign for a new product or service, their instinct is often to be as clear as possible.

MK

Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

When Design Goes Beyond Function: A Recent Case Shows Sensory Experience Details Matter In Motion Marks

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Murgitroyd

Wanneer wordt een bewegingsmerk geweigerd wegens technische functionaliteit?

European Union IP

NG

Novagraaf Group

Is Your Business Name Already Taken? How To Avoid Trademark Conflicts Before Launch

Trama

The Rising Cost Of Trademark Protection: What Applicants Actually Receive For Their Fees

Trama

George Orwell als merk? EUIPO zegt nee

European Union IP

NG

Novagraaf Group

Trademark Registration For Musicians: The Overlooked Tool To Protect Your Brand

Trama

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Licensing & Syndication

How Online Gaming Operators Select The Appropriate IGaming Licence

Choosing a licensing jurisdiction is a vital step for online gaming operators.

Cyprus Media & IT

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Michael Chambers & Co. LLC

White Flag Raised On Ireland's Licensing Regime

The white flag has finally been raised on Ireland's new regulatory regime with the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) this week announcing that from Monday 9 February 2026...

Ireland Media & IT

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McCann Fitzgerald

The World's Leading 5G SEP Owners—2026

5G underpins the modern mobile communications ecosystem, but the landscape of 5G standard essential patent (SEP) ownership and licensing is extraordinarily complex.

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Questel

LD Munich, December 12, 2025, Order On Security For Costs, UPC_CFI_525/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Trade Secrets And IP Protection In Biotech Collaboration And Licensing Deals

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UGGC Avocats

IP Biotechnology: Protecting Innovation In The Biotech Industry

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Questel

#Cyprus #Brokers #License & #Compliance #Services By #CYAUSE #icara #correp #stp #marketmakers #pii (Video)

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CYAUSE Audit Services Ltd

ROLEX c. PINEL et PINEL : une imitation qui ne tourne pas rond

European Union IP

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Novagraaf Group

DeepSeek And The Legal Evolution Of Open-Source Software: A Renaissance Or Just Another Phase?

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Dottir

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Trade Secrets

The Importance Of Legal Protection For Young Entrepreneurs

Young entrepreneurs are driving innovation, creating new markets, and challenging traditional ways of doing business. While creativity and ambition are essential for success, legal protection is just as important.

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Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

Enforcement Era Of The Data Act Begins: What It Means For Dispute Resolution

On 12 September 2025, the EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854) became applicable across the EU. Finland’s complementary enforcement legislation, the Act on the Supervision of Data Management and Data Sharing (laki datan hallinnan ja jakamisen valvonnasta 1148/2025), entered into force on 1 January 2026.

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Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd

Why IP Matters In Biochar: Protecting And Commercialising Innovation In Europe's Fastest Growing Carbon Removal Sector

Biochar has rapidly shifted from a niche soil amendment to a key climate technology, with Europe expanding from 20 production plants in 2015 to more than 200 by 2024 as demand...

PC

Potter Clarkson

Innovation At Work And At Home: Clarifying Employer And Employee IP Rights Under Maltese Law (Part 1)

Malta Employment

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FFF Legal

GG Thinks: Confidentiality Alone Is Not Enough To Protect Trade Secrets

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Gama Glória

Trade Secrets And IP Protection In Biotech Collaboration And Licensing Deals

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UGGC Avocats

Everyday IP: Coffee (And Tea) To Ease The Daily Grind

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Dennemeyer S.A.

Creating Organization-Wide IP Awareness: How Leading Companies Strengthen Innovation And Reduce Risk

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Questel

LD Düsseldorf, November 19, 2025, Order Re Confidentiality (R. 262A RoP), UPC_CFI_539/2024

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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Copyright

George Orwell als merk? EUIPO zegt nee

De Uitgebreide Raad van Beroep van het Europese Merkenbureau (IEUIPO) heeft recent een langverwachte uitspraak gedaan in een zaak over de vraag of de naam van een beroemde...

European Union IP

NG

Novagraaf Group

Trademark Registration For Musicians: The Overlooked Tool To Protect Your Brand

For many musicians, intellectual property protection begins and ends with copyright. Copyright law is widely understood in the music industry as the legal framework that protects songs, lyrics, recordings, and other creative works. While copyright is important, it is far from the only tool available to artists seeking to protect their brand and livelihood.

Trama

Boots, Buckles And Trends: The CJEU Clarifies EU Design Protection In Deity Shoes

On 18 December 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") delivered its judgment in Case C323/24, Deity Shoes v Mundorama Confort and Stay Design, addressing a fundamental...

Malta Litigation

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Ganado Advocates

The Importance Of Legal Protection For Young Entrepreneurs

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Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

A German Court Rules That AI-generated Designs Do Not Benefit From Copyright Protection

PC

Potter Clarkson

Innovation At Work And At Home: Clarifying Employer And Employee IP Rights Under Maltese Law (Part 1)

Malta Employment

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FFF Legal

Copyright And Champagne Labels: French Court Confirms Rejection Of The Accessory Theory And Tacit Assignment

European Union IP

NG

Novagraaf Group

Europe Recalibrates: AI Copyright And GDPR Scope Under Pressure

Czech Republic Technology

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Kinstellar

Mickey Mouse In The Public Domain. An Opportunity Or A Trap For Business?

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JWP Patent & Trademark Attorneys

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Latest Videos

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#Cyprus #Brokers #License & #Compliance #Services By #CYAUSE #icara #correp #stp #marketmakers #pii (Video)

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CYAUSE Audit Services Ltd

How To Optimize The Disclosure Of Your International Patent Application (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

L'Upcycling Est-Il Légal ? Encore Du Flou Juridique (Video)

IA

Influxio Avocats

Face À L'IA : Comment Protéger Ses Créations ?｜Maître Maria Berrada｜INFLUXIO Talk #3 (Video)

IA

Influxio Avocats

IP Quick Tip: First UPC Decision On The Doctrine Of Equivalents (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

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