William Fry Wins Irish Patent Litigation Firm of the Year at the Global IP Awards
William Fry is delighted to have been awarded the prestigious title of Irish Patent Litigation Fi...
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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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The Government has signed a statutory instrument transposing the EU Copyright Directive into Iris...
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On 4 June, the European Commission released its long-awaited guidance on the application of Artic...
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ECJ rules on the availability of SPC protection for medical devices incorporating a pharmaceutica...
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We consider how businesses might navigate some of the demands of data protection compliance in th...
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With working-from-home the new normal during the coronavirus pandemic, businesses should take add...
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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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The ASAI Complaints Committee weighs in on promotions for 'Bottomless Bubbly'
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With the exponential rise of the Metaverse, brands are racing to protect their intellectual prope...
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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.