When creating or launching a new product to market, it’s tempting to think in terms only of patent or trademark rights. However, many products comprise a mix of different types of intellectual property, including patent, trademark, design, copyright and related rights.
Types of intellectual property: How much IP is there in any given product?
Celebrities and influencers have now become 'brands' in their own right, but building a brand around your name and personality does not come without risks.
Celebrity trademarks: What to do if your brand is you
Reinforce your business's foundation by boosting your intellectual property (IP) awareness and knowledge. Join us to explore the fundamentals of IP law in a comprehensive and practical webinar.
[Webinar] Master the basics of IP: Unlock the power of your intellectual property
With artworks, musical compositions and even literary texts now being created solely by artificial intelligence (AI), who owns the copyrights of such works? After a Czech court issues the first European ruling in an AI and copyright dispute, Niels van der Lee examines its implications for this fast-evolving field of IP law.
AI and copyright: First ruling from a European court
Intellectual property (IP) law is a dynamic and complex field of law. In this article, Valerie Annan gets back to the basics of IP education with a guide to the most important areas of IP law.
IP education: Master the basics of intellectual property
As sports lovers worldwide eagerly await the launch of the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris this July and August, a complex game of IP protection is unfolding behind the scenes, as Frouke Hekker discovers.
Countdown to the 2024 Olympics: How to navigate the IP Game
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate images, text, video and music is causing quite a stir in the creative and legal world. Valerie Annan provides an overview of recent generative AI and copyright disputes and asks what might happen next.
Generative AI and copyright: The story so far
Discover why blockchain and IP are such hot topics, and why you should timestamp your IP rights using blockchain technology.
Blockchain and IP: Time to timestamp your IP rights?
Thanks to AI art generators, it’s easier to be ‘creative’ than ever before, but who owns the copyright for art that has been created by a machine? Niké Mion examines recent case law on artificial intelligence and copyright.
Artificial intelligence and copyright: Who owns AI-generated images?
EUIPO's cancellation of the MINISO trademark based on a copyright registration underlines that a trademark registration can be cancelled for infringing other IP rights, not simply registered trademarks, says Valerie Annan.
EUIPO cancels MINISO trademark due to copyright registration in China
It’s possible to protect the shape of a new product through trademark, design and copyright law. However, in reality, design law and copyright are generally the most applicable.
How to protect a shape: 3D trademark, design law or copyright?
From producer to grape variety, vintage and alcohol level, wine labels can tell you a lot about the wine you are about to drink. Depending on the origin of the wine, certain mandatory wine labelling requirements apply.
Wine labelling requirements: Mandatory fields on French wine labels