European Commission withdraws SEP Regulation
On 11 February 2025, the European Commission withdrew proposals for regulating Standard Essential...
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On 11 February 2025, the European Commission withdrew proposals for regulating Standard Essential...
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William Fry is delighted to have been awarded the prestigious title of Irish Patent Litigation Fi...
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Discussing key topics, such as AI governance, data protection, intellectual property, cybersecuri...
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Awarded Irish Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year 2024 for the second year running at the annual ...
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Annah Kenna, an associate in the Technology department discusses intellectual property rights iss...
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General Court finds that evidence of use of an earlier EU trade mark in the UK is irrelevant in a...
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Here is a selection of our recent publications on subjects that may affect you or your business.
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To celebrate World Intellectual Property Day 2019, WIPO has chosen to celebrate how IP rights sup...
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To mark World Intellectual Property Day 2020, our Intellectual Property team has round-up some of...
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Using an electronic signature to execute documents is a practical and effective solution to the r...
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On 3 June 2020 Perrigo opened its case in the High Court in a bid to quash one of the most conten...
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A new Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) waiver has been introduced in favour of EU gener...
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A trade mark depicting a Banksy work of art has been invalidated on the grounds that it was filed...
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William Fry is proud to have three of its leading lawyers listed in the 2019 edition of WIPR Lead...
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Following the German Federal Constitutional Court's finding that German legislation ratifying the...
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The EU General Court has ruled in favour of Starbucks, stating that the European Union Intellectu...
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The William Fry Sports Group look back at the sports sector in 2020
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Russia has issued a decree providing for 0% compensation for the unauthorised use by way of compu...
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The Premier League has been granted an extension to a live blocking injunction for the remainder ...
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Sports clubs are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of intellectual property protectio...
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ECJ finds KitKat's four-fingered shape lacks the acquired distinctiveness for EU trade mark prote...
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The EU General Court has ruled in favour of the Brazilian soccer star and invalidated a registrat...
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The Summer legislation programme has been published by the government. The programme includes 34...
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An exception to copyright infringement for text and data mining on the horizon?
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A guide to the classification of devices under the new Medical Devices Regulation
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Manchester United Football Club will be renamed in the next edition of 'Football Manager' after i...
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A recent decision of the English High Court in New Balance Athletics, Inc v. The Liverpool Footba...
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William Fry are delighted to launch our MDR/IVDR publication. To assist medical device companies ...
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Land Rover has failed to secure trade mark protection for its 3D vehicle model marks.
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The CJEU has ruled against Kerry Group in a long-running legal dispute with Ornua over registerin...
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The In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation, (EU) 2017/746, is fully applicable as of Thurs...
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A global survey published by William Fry has found that for today's decision makers, the most imp...
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Under new Court Rules which come into operation on 22 October 2021, Intellectual Property cases a...
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Effective from 1 March 2021, the revised IPHA Code introduces new rules for advertising non-presc...
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This article discusses a recent Court of Appeal decision that answers a question that arose for p...
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Illegal streaming of Premier League matches blocked by High Court
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The European Commission has announced that it is working on a proposal to postpone the date of ap...
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I want to ride my (Brompton folding) bicycle… ECJ rules that copyright protection can apply to a ...
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The Medical Device Coordination Group has published guidance on the activities to be performed by...
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The European Commission has proposed a unified procedure for granting Supplementary Protection Ce...
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New rules for the operation of Eudamed will enter into force on 19 December 2021. In this brief a...
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On 4 June, the European Commission released its long-awaited guidance on the application of Artic...
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The Government has signed a statutory instrument transposing the EU Copyright Directive into Iris...
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ECJ rules on the availability of SPC protection for medical devices incorporating a pharmaceutica...
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With working-from-home the new normal during the coronavirus pandemic, businesses should take add...
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We consider how businesses might navigate some of the demands of data protection compliance in th...
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In this article, William Fry specialists identify ten important legal issues that apply to online...
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The three-judge Court of Appeal, overturning the High Court's 2016 decision, ruled that the Appel...
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A look at how the EU Copyright Directive has been implemented in Ireland
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As concerns grow globally about the availability of certain drugs and equipment in the midst of t...
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The European Commission has announced that the long-awaited Clinical Trials Regulation (EU) No 53...
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The ECJ has provided clarity on EU design protection provisions in the recent case of Doceram v C...
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On 22 June, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment on the liability of in...
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The European Intellectual Property Office (the "EUIPO") has revoked McDonald's 'BIG MAC' word mark.
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With the exponential rise of the Metaverse, brands are racing to protect their intellectual prope...
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The ASAI Complaints Committee weighs in on promotions for 'Bottomless Bubbly'
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Continuing our series of publications, we outline the key changes to the classification of in vit...
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The European Commission proposes a progressive roll-out of the In Vitro Medical Devices Regulatio...
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The requisite number of Member States have now joined the protocol on a European Unified Patent C...
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The lengthy Lyrica® patent dispute between Warner-Lambert and Mylan and Actavis is over. Last wee...
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The EUIPO Fourth Board of Appeal recently overturned an EUIPO Examiner's decision, allowing Barca...
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In an appeal challenging the marketing authorisation of a generic drug, the Court of Appeal appli...
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The European Parliament and European Council recently approved the progressive roll-out of the In...
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Athletes have built brands around their sporting success using intellectual property. While filin...
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The German Federal Constitutional Court has rejected the latest constitutional challenge to the G...
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The Irish High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the infringement of a pl...
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Taking effect on 1 March 2021, the IPHA have revised their Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutica...
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Liverpool FC successfully defended a UK High Court claim from an agent which claimed it was entit...
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On 26 August 2020, the UK Supreme Court issued a landmark IP decision when it heard together the ...
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Welcome to the February 2020 edition of Legal News. We at William Fry aim to keep you up to date ...
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McDonald's has decided not to appeal against the European Union Intellectual Property Office's (E...
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EU Commission releases its Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, marking the first step in its prop...
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European football's governing body UEFA secured a High Court order requiring several internet ser...
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Continuing our series of publications, in this briefing we explore which EU Notified Bodies have ...
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A recent UK decision illustrates the difficulties in proving what artistic copyright can extend t...
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Welcome to the August 2019 edition of Legal News. We at William Fry aim to keep you up to date on...
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The General Court has dismissed an appeal by trade mark owner, Mr Xianhao Pan in relation to an i...
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William Fry has been awarded Ireland Trademark Firm of the Year at the inaugural Global IP Awards...
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The Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 which makes significant cha...
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Welcome to the October 2019 edition of Legal News. We at William Fry aim to keep you up to date o...
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The CJEU has ruled that a product name which evokes a connection to a protected geographical indi...
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In a recent European Court of Justice decision, the owner of an internet connection sought to esc...
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The Court of Justice (ECJ) this week ruled in Levola Hengelo BV v Smilde Foods BV that copyright ...
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Irish High Court awards damages for unauthorised broadcasting of entertainment DVD.